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A BRIBF HISnrORY

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ALLAN MACLEAN

VERNON, COLONY OF CONNECTICUT

NSW KNOLAND, U. S. A.
BY

MARY MCLEAN HARDY

BERKELEY, CAL,
NLvKouAND, Printing Co. 2036 Center Street

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Mac Lean of Coll.

MACLEAN COAT=OF=ARMS

The seven different branches of the McLean family have each
their own Coat-of Arms, although the central shield is the same
in all. That of the MacLeans of Coll consists of the four quar-
tered shield with the crest resting upon it, and, just above, a
scroll with the words, ''Altera Merces.'' Under the shield is a
scroll with the words, ''Virtus Durissima Terity The support-
ers consist of a hound and an ostrich.

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preface:

In these days we lead such a strenuous, earnest life
that we seldom think of the trials and struggles of our
ancestors who crossed the seas to seek a home in this
pleasant land. Some of us know little of the progenitors
of the McLean race. Having leisure, and access to
valuable papers, I have found pleasure in compiling the
following pages, and trust that the survivors of our
branch of the old stock will find something to interest
them.

In the early history the wars and clan contentions seem
fearful, but we must remember that those were fierce
times and only by fighting could one keep his own. The
character of those western clansmen, and the making of
such character, is well shown in Lang's History of Scot-
land, Vol. I.

For the history of our ancestry I have tried to condense
the ancient history of the McLeans as found in the
"History of the Clan," published in 1889 by Prof. J. P.
McLean, giving the character and exploits of the most
prominent chiefs and lairds down to the time of our pro-
genitor, Allan MacLean. Some facts have been given
me by Rev. A. McLean Sinclair, Belfast, Prince Edward
Island, Dominion of Canada, and much aid and encour-
agement from a relative by marriage in Connecticut who
is well versed in McLean genealogy.

In tracing the posterity of Allan MacLean down to
the present time I have had access to a manuscript vol-
ume of recollections by Col. Francis McLean, of Ver-

non, Conn., penned by his daughter in 1859, also some
parts of a similar volume by Rev. Allen McLean of
Simsbury.

Some one has said that "We are true to ourselves only
when "we act with becoming pride for the blood we in-
herit and which we transmit to those who will soon fil^
our places." So may it be with all the McLeans as the
swift days pass on until the night cometh.

M. M. H.
1(^11 Vine St. Berkeley, Cal. igo^.

THB CLAN MACLBAN

rnHE MacLeans have every reason to be proud of their
1 history atid ancestry, even though it be judged in the
light of the civilization of this age. Of all the clans of
Scotland none is more deserving of honorable mention,
or having its history carefully recorded, than that of
MacLean. For centuries in the history of Scotland it
held a conspicuous place for independence of bearing and
disinterested loyalty. It rapidly grew in influence and
power until it reached its zenith in 1453, at which time,
during the reign of James VI. it was accounted the most
powerful in the Hebrides. In 1493 the lands belonging
to the clan comprised the greater part of the large island
of Mull, the whole of the islands of Coll and Tiree, por-
tions of Islay and Scarba, and districts on the main land
in Morvern, Lochaber and Knapdale.

No clan has received more honorable mention. Sir
Walter Scott has sung concerning it: *

May the race of Clan Gillian, the fearless and free,
Remember Glenlivat, Harlow and Dundee.

Prof. John Stuart Blackie says,t "There were mighty
men in Mull in those days, and the MacLeans were
among the mightiest. "William Allen, t a Scottish poet,
says, "The MacLeans were all brave men — all Hectors,
and the finest swordsmen of the Highlands." Andrew
Lang writes of the MacLeans of Mull — "The Spartans
of the North who never gave back in battle."

• Flora Mclvor's Song.
tAltavona, pp. 169, 178.
3: Letter to J. P. McLean.

The clan called in earlier history, Clan Gillian and
Clan Lean, as well as Clan MacLean, existed more as a
tribe than as a clan during its traditionary period. From
1366 to 1493, when the Macleans were vassals of the
Lords of the Isles, the history is clear and positive. In
1493 the MacLeans became independent and numbered
four powerful branches — Duard , Lochbuy, Ardgour and
Coll. They were among the most loyal of the loyal in
their adherence to the house of Stuart, and shared the
sorrows of tha discrowned monarch at Inverkeithing and
Culloden in 1746. During this period the clan under-
went great vicissitudes, the lands being nearly all alien-
ated and the house of Duard becoming practically extinct-
From this time the history of the clan, as a clan, disap-
pears and is succeeded by the records of various families.
In religion the Clan MacLean followed the beliefs of their
age, though never becoming idolaters.

The growth of the clan was rapid till the chieftainship
of Sir Lachlan Mor MacLean in 1580, when the zenith of
its power was reached, although others would place it
as late as the first baronet. Sir Lachlan, i6th Laird
of MacLean in 1630. After this latter date the decline
can be easily traced. The causes are manifold, — the long
feud with the MacDonalds, the adherence to the house
of Stuart and the enmity of the powerful house of Argyle,
chief of the clan Campbell on the East. Skene, the great-
est of all historians of Keltic Scotland, in speaking of the
Argyle family, says,* "Its history consists principally in
the details of a policy characterized by cunning and per-
fid}^ and which obtained its usual success in the acqui-
sition of great temporal grandeur and power."

The chiefs maintained the dignity of the family. The
clansmen were also true highlanders in whatever was re-
garded as essential to dignity and hospitality. The

tThe Higblanders, Vol. II, p. 284.

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MacNeils, a celebrated race of bards, were the hereditarj'
harpers of the MacLeans of Duard. For their physicians,
the Beatons, the most famous of Scotland, were chosen,
who also became the family seanachaidhs or genealogists,
to whom the clan history owes its preservation.

The home of the MacLeans is the island of Mull, one
of the Hebrides, thirty miles long and twenty-five miles
wide, and separated from the main land of Scotland by
the Sound of Mull on the north and the Firth of Lorn on
the east. A distinguishing feature of the island is Ben
More, an extinct volcano rising to the height of three
thousand one hundred and seventy-two feet.

In 888 Harold Harfagr added the island to his king-
dom of Norway, but the Norsemen made no permanent
settlement there.

In the year 1156 a bloody battle took place between
Godred and Somerled, Thane of Argyle, and the great
progenitor of the Lords of the Isles, which resulted in
the former ceding to the latter several islands and dis-
tricts including Islay, Jura and Mull. It is recorded that
"the Danes were put to flight and the land of Mull and
Morvern being freed at last from their yoke and slavery."*

Angus Og MacDonald, fifth in descent from Somerled,
was a faithful friend of Robert Bruce in his attempt to
free his native land from the harsh grasp of England. As
a reward for his services Bruce conferred upon him in
1314 the lordship of Lochaber and the islands of Mull,
Jura, Coll and Tiree, which had belonged to the family
of Lome.

Angus Og w^as succeeded by his son John as first Lord
of the Isles, about the year 1329; he died about 1386 and
was succeeded bj' his son Donald as second lord. Donald
granted to Lachlan MacLean, July 12, 1390, charter to
several lands and holdings in Mull and other isles, the

*Co)lestana de Rebus Albanicis, p. 324.

keepership of several castles and the office of steward of
the house of Donald of the Isles. The above shows that
the MacLeans possessed a portion of Mull by charter as
early as 1390.

Dr. John Beaton, the last genealogist of the MacLeans
of Duard, and Dr. Kennedy, in his "Dissertation on the
Royal lyine of Stuarts," trace the MacLean hne back to
Ere, an Irish chieftain, and through Ere to Aonghas
Turmhi Teambrach, an ancient Irish monarch. It can-
not be proved that Gillean was or was not descended from
any of the sons of Ere. Unquestionably, the MacLeans
are of a purely Highland origin.

The MacLeans can trace their origin with precision to
Old Dougall, of Scone, who must have flourished about
the year iioo, and has been described as an "influential,
just and venerable man." He had one son, Raingee,
whose son Conduilig, from whom the clan Conduilig, (that
is clan McLean,) in the Island of Mull, became lay abbott
of the Monastery of Lismore in Argyleshire ; his son was
Niall, whose son was Rath or MacRath, who married a
sister of the Somerled, mentioned above. He had a son —

I. Gilleain — the First chief and founder of the Clan
MacLean, or Clan Gilleain. He is often called Gilleain
of the Battle-ax, from his habit of carrying that implement
as his ordinary weapon and constant companion * He
flourished about the year 1250. Gilleain means "Servant
of St. John." His son—

*The following anecdote is related of him. which probably accounts for
the origin of the MacLean crest, which consists of a battle-ax between a
laurel aud cypress branch, symbols of death and victory, and is still used
on the coat-of-arms. He was on one occasion engaged in a stag-hunt
upon a mountain, and having wandered from the rest of the party, the
mountain suddenly becoming covered with mist, he lost his wav. After
three days wandering, he entered a cranberry bush, where, fixing the
battle-ax in the g-ound, he laid down to rest. His friends discovered
him by seeing the head of the battle-ax above the bush.

II. Gille-Iosa (Servant of Jesus) was Second chief, and
a distinguished warrior under Alexander III. of Scotland.
He performed prodigies of valor and in battle received
honorable mention. He died in 1300 and was succeeded
by his son —

III. Malcolm, called also Gille-Calum, meaning Ser-
vant of Columba, fought at Bannockburn at the head of
his clan, June 24, 1314, and died in the reign of King
David Bruce. He had three sons, Donald, Niall and John.
He was succeeded by his son —

IV. John, known as John Dubh, or Black John.
He married a daughter of Cumming, Lord of the Braes
of Lochaber, and died during the reign of Robert
II. He had two sons, Lachlan, the Wily, and Hector, the
Stern, to the former of whom he gave the lands of
Duard; to the latter, those of Lochbuy. These two bro-
thers made a considerable figure during the reigns of
Robert II. and III. They were affectionate brothers —
faithful in their friendships but fearful in their resent-
ments. They engaged in desperate feuds with the clan
MacDougall and the clan Cameron. Hector was the
founder of the house of Lochbuy and that of Urquhart in
Inverness, which for several centuries was one of great
power. John was succeeded by his son —

V. Lachlan Lubanach, first MacLean of Duard. His
time probably antedates 1365. In 1366 he married Mar-
garet, daughter of John, first Lord of the Isles, being
forced to obtain a dispensation from the Pope for the mar-
riage. Lachlan took the precaution to have his lands con-
firmed by charter in 1390. He had five sons, Hector,
John, Lachlan, Neil and Somerled. He lived to a great
age and died before 1405. He was succeeded by his son —

VI. Red Hector of the Battles, or Hector Roy, re-
nowned as one of the best swordbmen of his time and of

gigantic strength. Many knights came from distant parts
to measure weapons with him, among them a knight from
Norway who challenged him to mortal combat. They
fought at Salem, in Mull, and the Norwegian fell. An
old Gselic poem afi&rms that Hector led a great fleet to
the coast of Ireland and there defeated some of the ships
of the King of England.

In 1409 Hector received a charter from Donald, Lord of
the Isles, for certain lands, and is there described as "I^ord
of Duard and Constable of the castle of Cairnburg," a
small island two miles from Mull, almost inaccessible by
nature, and used as a royal garrison for more than a
thousand years. Hector married a daughter of the Earl
of Douglas. In the renowned battle of Harlow MacLean
commanded the right wing and performed prodigies
of valor. Near the close of the battle fought July 24,
141 1, he and Sir Alexander Irvine of Drum engaged in
single combat with such fury that they fell dead, foot to
foot on the field e'er a friend could assist them. Hec-
tor's body was entombed on lona. Tradition represents
him generous as well as brave. He left two sons, Each-
Ian and John Dubh, the former of whom became the
Seventh chief.

VII. Lachlan Bronnach accompanied his father in
the battle of Harlow and was made prisoner by Alexander
Stewart, Earl of Mar, whose daughter he afterward mar-
ried. He had one son, Lachlan Og, his heir and suc-
cessor. By his second wife, who was a daughter of Wil-
liam MacLeod of Harris, he had two sons, Niel of Ross
and John Garbh of Coll, who founded the Coll branch of
the family.

VIII. Lachlan Og, or Young Lachlan, so called to
distinguish him from his father, was Lord of Duard and

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chief of MacLean during a period when great political
changes were about to take place in the Western Isles-
The western chiefs had thought themselves practically in-
dependent of the King, and obedient only to the Lord of
the Isles who ruled in princely style. In the rebellion
that resulted the Macleans adhered to John MacDonald,
Fourth lyOrd of the Isles, Lachlan Og was beset both
within and without in these troublous times. The gene-
alogists declare him "to have been a good and pious
man." He possessed rare judgment and maintained a
peaceful demeanor. He married Catherine, daughter of
Colin Campbell, first Earl of Argyle, and although his
father-in-law sought to involve him in difficulties, his
judgment and skill warded off every blow. He was living
in 1478. His son Hector succeeded him.

IX. Hector Odhar, the Swarthy, was also called the
Brave, because of his warlike disposition which he dis-
played in encounters with Angus MacDonald, son of the
Lord of the Isles. As chief of his clan and Lieut-General
of the Lord of the Isles, he fought under John, Fourth
Lord, at the battle of Bloody Bay in 1482, and was killed
at Flodden Field August 22, 15 13. •

Before the time of Hector Odhar the chiefs of MacLean
and those of other clans had been in feudal subjugation
for several generations to the Lords of the Isles — the
chiefs of the clan MacDonald, then the most powerful in
Western Scotland. From them they received a great por-
tion of their lands confirmed by charter to them and their
heirs, in time considering themselves practically inde-
pendent of the King Very important trusts were com-
mitted to them, and in battle the post assigned the chief
of MacLean was in the van, at the right of the Lord of
the Isles.

The MacDonalds were in frequent conflict with the

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reigning sovereign. The chief of MacLean was one of
the prominent leaders, and the valor of the MacLeans
has been celebrated in story and song. John the Fourth
Lord of the Isles was treacherous, and in a naval battle,
fought in 1482, was subdued by his son Angus, referred
to above. In 1493 the MacDonalds were conquered, and
at a parliament held in Edinburgh, the possessions of the
Lord of the Isles were declared to be irrevocably forfeited
to the crown.

It was during the chieftainship of Hector Odhar that
the clan thus became independent of the Lords of the
Isles and subject only to the King. By him the charters
to their lands were confirmed. Several branches of the
clan had alreadj' sprung from the parent stock, the most
important of which were the families of Lochbuy, Coll
and Ardgour, and to each of them, as well as to that of
Duard (whose chief, according to an ancient writer, was
"callit Great McLean,") separate charters were given.
From henceforth "the clan rapidly grew in influence and
power until it reached its zenith, near the close of the
sixteenth century, at which time it was accounted the
most powerful of any in the Hebrides." * The McLeans
were an independent clan from 1493 to 1598. He was
succeeded by his son —

X. Lachlan Catanach, or the Shaggy, who was in-
volved with the chiefs of other clans in an insurrection
of the MacDonalds by vi^hich it was hoped to restore to
the Lords of the Isles their former supremacy. Argyle,
as usual, was deputed by the King to suppress them.
The conflict was long and the success of the King's party
only partial, but becoming disgusted with the selfishness
and recklessness of MacDonald and the deceit he had

*Gregory'z Western Highlands, p. 419.

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practised upon them, Lachlan and the chief of Maclycod
abandoned his cause and oiTered their submission to the
regent, then in the place of the King who had fallen at
Flodden. Some years later Lachlan was on terms of
friendship with the new kitig, James V., and having let-
ters of protection from him, went to Edinburgh where
he was treacherously stabbed to death in bed and unpro-
tected, by Sir John Campbell oi Calder, brother of Sir
Colin, Karl of Argyle, who probably instigated the deed.
This was in 1527.

Lachlan's first wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Archibald
Campbell, second Earl of Argyle. He afterward married
Margaret, daughter of Sir Dugald Campbell. His third
wife was Marian, daughter of John MacEean of Tresh-
nish, Capt. of Cairnburg, by whom he had two sons,
Hector Mur, his successor, and Ailean na Sop. His mar-
riages took place before he became chieftain, and he
resided for many years in the stronghold of Cairnburg.
The reason of his murder was that the Argyles wished to
get possession of his lands.

XI. Hector Mor, or Hector the Great, succeeded his
father in 1527. He was a noble chieftain — good, kind,
affectionate and brave — an accomplished politician and
an approved warrior. He granted extended leases to
his vassals to encourage the improvement of lands and
the building of more comfortable dwellings. He lived
more like a modern noble than a feudal baron. He found-
ed that noble addition to Duard Castle, called the Great
Tower. (Duard, meaning Black Promontory, from the
high rock on which the castle stands to this day in ruins.)
The King called him to his councils, and he took a seat
in parliament as one of the lords of the kingdom. He
married Mary, daughter of Alexander MacDonald of
Islay and the Glens, by whom he had two sons and seven
daughters. He provided handsomely for his daughters,

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who were all married to leading men in the kingdom, and
he left to his oldest son and heir an unburdened estate
with a considerable amount of money.

He sought to avenge the murder of his father by tak-
ing part in burning the house of Roseneath, Lennox and
Craignish, for which he received a roj'al remission in
1531. In 1557 an invasion of his lands was contem-
plated by Archibald Campbell, fourth Earl of Argyle.
When he found Hector was ready to receive him, whether
he came as friend or foe, the invasion was given up,
changed into a nuptial gathering at Duard Castle, where
a double marriage took place, Argyle receiving Catherine,
second youngest daughter of Hector Mur, for his third
wife, and giving his own daughter Janet to the heir of
the chief of Duard. Hector Mur died about 1568 and
was succeeded by —

XII. Hector Og, or the Younger, was a spendthrift,
who burdened the estate with debt. He inherited none
of his father's noble qualities and was the only worthless
chief of MacLean. He built a residence on lona, the
ruins of which are still shown as "Garden of Young
Hector." He had one son and three daughters. Sur-
vived his father but five years, dying in 1573. His son —

XIII. Sir Lachlan Mor MacLean, Knight, called also
"Big Lachlan." both on account of his stature and the
greatness of his mind, was the most accomplished and
warlike chief that ever held sway in Duard. Historians
say " he was one of the most remarkable men connected
with the Highlanders of Scotland in his day."* " By his
education on the continent he had learned civility and
good manners and lived accordingly."! "It is good for
the MacLeans to cherish in their heart of hearts Lachlan

* Book of Scottish History, p. 638.

t Spottiswoode's History of Church of Scotland, Vol. Ill, p. 344-.

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Mor and Hector Mor." "He was the most talented and
conspicuous among all chiefs, and in war and personal
prowess had no equal.' ' King JamesVI. became very much
interested in him and had him sent to Edinburgh and
brought up in his court. His military genius fitted him
to meet the emergency upon which the future of his clan
seemed to depend. In 1576, at the age of eighteen, he
took possession of the estates, and during his twenty-two
years rule the clan was almost continually involved in
strife either for the King, its allies or itself. He was an
important personage in the cause of England during the
reign of Elizabeth. In Aug. 1598 he was slain in Is-
lay through the base treachery of his nephew, Sir James
MacDonald, who had persuaded him to visit the island
on pretext of an amicable settlement of their diflferences.*
His death, in the 41st year of his age, was deeply la-
mented, not only by his own people but by the High-
land clans generally. His affable and kind bearing to-
ward his vassals and friends, his cool behavior on the
field of battle, and his commanding presence, always
made him an ideal chieftain, while his early education
biased him in favor of the Reformed religion, which he
ardently embraced from a conviction of its truth, and
thus became the first Protestant of his name. By exam-
ple as well as precept he demonstrated to his people that
he had no faith in the teachings of the Romish church.
He married Margaret, daughter of William Cunningham,
Karl of Glencairn, and had four sons and one daughter.
He lies buried in the churchyard of Kilchoman, Islay.

XlV. The first act of his son, Hector Og, or
Young Hector, who became chief at twenty years of
age, was to adopt retaliatory measures upon the Mac-
Donalds for the death of his father and kinsmen,
and, being joined by the Camerons of Lochiel and

•Clan His. pp. 91-137.

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other friendly clans, they descended on Islay, swept
the MacDonalds off the island, severely wounded their
chief and burned their dwellings. The removal of
King James VI. from the court of Edinburgh to
that of London was beneficial to the Isles as better
laws were enacted for the government of the Isles. Hec-
tor Og married first, Janet, daughter of Cailean Cam, 11th
MacKenzie of Kintail, by whom he had Hector Mor, his
heir, Lachlan, and Florence who married John Garbh,
7th MacLean of Coll.* He married, second, Isabella,
daughter of Sir Archibald Acheson of Gosford, by whom
he had two sons, Donald, first MacLean of Brolass,t and
one daughter. He died in i6iS, in the fortieth year of his
age.

XV. Hector Mor succeeded to an extensive and un-
encumbered estate, when the family had great influence.
He died childless in 1626 — the first failure in direct suc-
cession in four hundred years. His brother Lachlan suc-
ceeded him.

XVI. Sir Lachlan MacLean, Bart., the first baronet,
came into possession under the most favorable circum-
stances. He had power and influence sufficient to guard
him against any open attack, possessing the favor of the
King (Charles I.) as some security against treachery, al-
though his irreconcilable foe, Archibald Campbell, 8th
Earl of Argyle, made many attempts to entrap him. The
first visit of Lachlan to court after the death of his bro-
ther was in 163 1, and while there Charles created him
baronet of Nova Scotia, by the title of Sir Lachlan Mac-
Lean of Morvern. The reception tendered him by the
King made a lasting impression on his generous nature
and confirmed him in that steadfast loyalty from which

•See Clan His. p. 287.
t See Clan His. p. 224.

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he never swen^ed, but which laid the foundation of many
disastrous results to the clan.

About this time there began that rapid decline of the
clan in power and possessions due in a measure to the
jealousies existing among the several branches of the
family and the severe conflicts with the clan MacDonald,
all of which were fostered and encouraged by the ava-
ricious King James whose grasping policy and cunning
behests were executed by those princes of perfidy and dupli-
city, Archibald and Colin Campbell, but more especially to
the machinations and greed of the Campbells who, be-
cause they could not induce the MacLeans to join them
in their treachery and intrigue, and being covetous of
their lands and holdings in the isles, became their most
bitter foes.

The close of the civil wars in 1644-48, which resulted
in the triumph of the parliamentary armies and the de-
thronement of Charles I. brought to the front the am-
bitious and unscrupulous, the result of which was that
law and justice were trampled under foot. The time had
now come v/hen the long cherished desire of the house of
Argyle against the MacLeans might be realized. Since
the commencement of this strife of parliament with the
King's forces, the estate of MacLean had paid none
of the public dues. Sir Lachlan estimating the amount of
those dues trifling enough to indemnify him for the ex-
pense of maintaining a thousand armed followers on
behalf of the King during Montrose's campaigns; and,
from conscientious reasons, he now felt less disposed to
pay them into the hands of those whom he believed had
usurped the King's authority.

Noncompliance on the part of Sir Lachlan was just
what Argyle desired. He instantly set himself about
purchasing all the debts, both public and private, which
he could find against the Chief of Maclean, and these

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debts, with certain alleged to be owing to the bishop of
the isles, and some old debts, for the payment of which
he pretended to be security, enabled Argyle to establish
a claim of ^30,000. He then issued secretly and of his
own authority a writ of attachment against the person
of Sir Lachlan, who was taken prisoner "at Inverary and
thrown into Argyle' s castle of Carrick for a debt due to
Archibald Campbell, Marquis of Argyle." For upward
of a year Sir Lachlan suffered imprisonment rather than
sign a bond of acknowledgment of the debt demanded by
Argyle. His health at length declining, and seeing no
hope of relief by legal measures, in a country now pros-
trate, he was induced to yield to the wishes of his friends
and signed the bond; whereupon he was liberated, to re-
turn in a dying condition to his castle in Mull where, on
the 1 8th of April, 1648, he expired. * * * The
settlement of this claim was purposely delayed by the
Campbells many years, and continually augmented, until
by craft and falsehood, added to great influence at court,
they succeeded in obtaining about ;^ioo,ooo from the
Macleans, and finally the larger part of their lands.

It is recorded that "Archibald Campbell, ist Marquis
of Argyle, for his many crimes was beheaded at the cross
at Edinburgh, May 16, 1661." and his son Archibald,
"for treachery and treason was beheaded June 30, 1685."

Sir Lachlan MacLean married Mary, second daughter
of Sir Roderick MacLeod of MacLeod, by whom he had
two sons. Hector and Allen, and three daughters.

XVII. Hector Roy, or Hector Rufus, Bart., succeed-
ed his father. His lines were cast upon evil times, civil
commotions continuing during his rule. Charles II.
was crowned at Scone in 1651, He was slain in the
battle of Inverkithing. Of the 800 MacLeans engaged
but forty escaped alive. As Hector never married, he
was succeeded by his brother Allen ^

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XVIII. Sir Allen MacLean, Bart. His death oc-
curred in 1674. His son —

XIX. Sir John, Bart., succeeded at the age of four,
under two kinsmen as regents till 1686, when Sir John
appointed four agents for his business and started on his
travels, first to England, thence to France, whence he
returned to Ireland with King James II., to whom he
remained faithful, resisting the government of William
and Mary. He was continually persecuted by the Ar-
gyles, as his ancestors had been. He lived much of the
time in London. He died at Gordon castle, 12th of March,
17 16, aged 45, and was the last of the powerful lords of
Duard. ,He left one son and five daughters. He was
fine looking, graceful and agreeable, his polite address
showing he had spent much time at court. He was well
educated, speaking Gaelic, English and French fluently.
A sturdy honesty was the leading characteristic of his
family and from that standard he never departed. His
gallant behavior at Killiekrankie when but eighteen, and
at Sheriffmuir showed his bravery. His life was a monu-
ment of the injunction, "Put not your trust in Princes."
It is gratifying to know that the Morvern estates and
Duard passed out of the Argyle family in 18 19. Sir John
was succeeded by his son —

XX. Sir Hector MacLean, Bart., born at Calais in 1703.
At the age of four he was taken to England, thence to
the Highlands, to the care of Donald MacLean of Coll
till he was 18. He then studied in Edinburgh, and in
1721 went to France to complete his studies in belle-letters
and civil law, where he remained till the revolution un-
der Prince Charles Exiward Stuart broke out in 1745.
The battle of Culloden, disastrous to the Prince, may be
said to have ended the clan system. Sir Hector remained
faithful to the Stuart cause till his death which occurred
at Rome Oct. 1750. He died without issue. He was

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succeeded bj' Sir Allan MacLean, fourth Laid of Bro-
lass, a descendant of the second marriage of Hector Og,
14th Chief of the Mac Leans.

XXI. Sir Allan MacLean, Bart., of Brolass, em-
braced a military life and was Captain-commandant of
nine companies of Montgomery's Highlanders, sent to
America and serving at Fort Duquesne, Ticonderoga
and Crown Point until the termination of hostilities in
1760. He afterwards attained to the rank of Colonel and
retired on half pay, with his three daughters, to the
island of Inch Kenneth where he lived in plenty and
elegance. He had a tedious, expensive law suit with the
Duke of Argyle, gaining a portion of his ancient patri-
mony. He entertained the celebrated Dr. Samuel John-
son in 1773, who gives a very interesting account of his
visit at the "hut" (huts were distinguished from "hou.ses"
by being of one story only,) in his "Tour to the Hebri-
des." This was "furnished with unexpected neatness
and convenience, and occupied by a gentleman and two
ladies of high birth, polished manners and elegant con-
versation, who practised all the kindnesses of hospitality
and refinements of courtesy." He died Dec. 10, 1783.
The name of Sir Allan MacLean is still spoken of with
great respect in Mull and the adjacent islands. He was
particularly noted for his hospitality to strangers, amia-
bility of disposition and courteous bearing. He was
buried in the ancient cemetery on the island of lona
where his grave can be seen, covered by a sculptured
sand-stone, enclosed by a low stone wall, not far from the
ruins of the ancient chapel.

As he died without male heirs he was succeeded in his
titles by his nearest of kin, a descendant of his grand-
uncle, Hector Og.

XXII. Sir Hector MacLean, Bart., who died without

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issue Nov. 2, 1818, and v/as succeeded by his half-
brother —

XXIII. Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton MacLean, Bart.,
who made the profession of arms his choice and rose rap-
idly from the rank of Ensign to that of General in 1837.
He spent twenty-eight years of active service in the hot
climate of the West Indies. In 18 15 he returned to
England and lived in London till his death, July 5, 1847.
He married the widow of John Bishop of Barbadoes, and
was succeeded by his son —

XXIV. Sir Charles Fitzroy MacLean, Bart., who
commanded the 8ist Regiment of Scotch Guards and died
in 1883. In 1 83 1 he married Emily, daughter of Rev.
Jacob Markham, D. D., Canon of Windsor. His son —

XXV. Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean, Bart., the heredi-
tary chief at the present time, served in the Crimean
war in 1854-5. His last visit to the United States was
in 1893, upon invitation of the MacLeans of Chicago and
vicinity, to visit the Columbian Exposition as their
guest. A royal reception was tendered him, and he
appeared in full Highland costume, the plaid being the
MacLean dress tartan, his bonnet, with the three eagles'
feathers, in his right hand. He also wore the Crimean
medal, two clasps and Turkish medal received for ser-
vices in the Crimean war. Every one of his clansmen
wore the tartan.

The menu card was a work of art and bore upon its
title-page the family crest, an uplifted battle-ax crossed
by a branch of laurel and one of cypress. Among the
prominent guests were Hector MacLean, of Nova Scotia,
and Archibald John MacLean, of Pennycross. Sir Fitz-
roy responded to the toast, "Our Guests." A concert
was the last of the entertainment provided, the music
being exclusively Scottish, whether produced by the

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bagpipe, violin, orchestra or human voice. The chief
expressed deep appreciation of the courtesies shown him.

In time there came to be many branches of the family,
each with its chief called "laird," a term implying consid-
erable landed estate and tenantry, and from each of these
allegiance is due to the chief of the house of Duard who
was descended in the line of the eldest son from the pro-
genitor of all, Gilleain.

An association has been formed in Scotland with
branches in America for " reviving and promoting clan
interests by collecting records and traditions, the culti-
vation of social intercourse among its members, rendering
assistance to needy clansmen and encouraging the study
of the Gaelic language and literature," to which all Mac-
Leans are eligible.

:li: ^ ^ Jfi ^

The MacLeans believed that the Stuarts were their right-
ful sovereigns, as they were, according to the old law of
succession which by many in those days was considered
the law of God. The clan continued its adherence to the
house of Stuart until the cause became utterly hopeless —
losing immensely in men, money and lands in its defense-

The English kings, to whom they were compelled to
submit, regarding the system of clanship as imcompatible
with the exercise of their own authority, determined to
put an end to it, and enacted very severe laws for the
purpose. The chiefs were deprived of their hereditary
jurisdiction and the power to protect and provide for the
clansmen who had always adhered to them with such loy-
alty and love. A disarming act took from them the arms
they had often used with such vigor and skill so that not
enough were left to them for the defense of their homes.
Heavy penalties were inflicted upon any found in posses-
sion of weapons; transportation for seven years follow-
ing the second offense.

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Still more grievous was the act that forbade the wearing
of the dress that had been the national costume from time
immemorial, and which distinguished the Highlanders
from all other people, and, by slight differences, each clan
from every other. The Lowland dress was very incon-
venient and obnoxious, and they felt themselves insulted
in being compelled to wear it; but for any man or boy,
upon whom appeared any part of the Highland garb, the
punishment for the first offense was imprisonment for
six months, and for the second, transportation for seven
years. So unpopular was this act that after a while it
became impossible rigidly to enforce it, but it was not re-
pealed until it had been on the statute books nearly forty
years. In the meantime these oppressive laws had driven
thousands of Highlanders out of the country, very many
of them emigrating to America, carrying with them a
passionate love of their old home, and loyalty to their
chief as their rightful head.

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THE MACLEANS OF COLL

The island of Coll is distant about six miles from the
extreme western point of the island of Mull. It is four-
teen miles long and two and a half broad. It is an un-
dulating moorland with fertile patches and some low hills,
the highest, Ben Hogh, 339 feet. The sea coast is rocky
and precipitous, indented with several inlets, affording
very good harbors. There are 48 fresh water lochs on
the island, one of them, lyoch Breachacha, is upon the
east side of the south-western part, and near its head is
Breachacha Castle, the seat of the MacLeans of Coll.
The earliest description of it is contained in an official
document written between 1577 and 1595- It is 80 feet
in height, surrounded by three walls, and is still entire
although deserted. Breachacha (Breachd or Breac, spot-
ted, and achadh, a field or meadow, so called because in
summer it is enameled with clover and daisies.)

The Coll family, to which the writer belongs, is one of
the older and more powerful branches of the Duard fam-
\\y, descended from John Garbh, the second son of the
second marriage of I^achlan Bronnach, 7th Chief of Mac-
Lean who was living in 1493.

I. John Garbh was so called from his gigantic stature

and great strength. The clan was then, as it had been

for more than a century, subject to the Lord of the Isles,

and from him John Garbh demanded an inheritance. He

was granted the island of Coll, also lands in Mull, Loch-

aber and Morvern, and afterward purchased the island

of Rum. He lived, feared by his enemies and respected

by his friends. He married Isabella, daughter of Frazer

of Lovat, and became founder of a highly esteemed and

influential branch of the clan, of which he was first laird.

His only son —

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II. John Abracb, so called on account of his living
most of the time on his possessions in Lochaber, married
Janet, daughter of Ewen, 5th Maclyean of Urquhart, and
had two sons, John and Hector, who were very young at
the time their father was killed by Cameron of Lochiel.
A branch of the Camerous, however, fought bravely for
Coll, and rescued and cared for his wife and children,
for which service there was ever after a reciprocal friend-
ship between the two families, and in token of this amity
it was cut in stone over the gate of Breachacha Castle
that any of this tribe should be welcome there and should
be rescued and protected against all enemies.

III. John, the oldest son, was in possession of the
estate in 1493. In 1545 he was one of the lairds who
consented to a treaty with the English king. He was
succeeded in his estates by his brother —

IV. Hector, a man of letters, who understood Latin
well, and devoted much of his time to writing poetry,
both Latin and Gaelic, showing a devout spirit. In 1561
a feud broke out between the families of Duard and Coll
on account of the former insisting that the latter should
follow him in all his private quarrels, which Coll declined
because he held his lands direct from the crown, thus
claiming the privileges of a free baron who owed no ser-
vice but to the Sovereign as his feudal superior. Irri-
tated by the independent tone assumed by Coll, the Lord
of Duard, Hector Mor taking advantage of Coil's tempo-
rary absence, caused his lands to be ravaged and his ten-
ants imprisoned so that the family of Coll, from being in
a prosperous condition, was reduced to the brink of ruin,
and it was several years before the privy council took
note of the situation and ordered Duard to make repara-
tion. Hector married Meve, daughter of Alister Mac-
Donald of Islay, by whom he had one son —

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V. Hector Roy, who married Marian, daughter of
Hector Og, 13th chief of Duard, and was succeeded by
his son —

VI. Lachlan, a prominent figure in his day, who
ruled between 1580 and 1640. One of his first acts was
to free his lands from the hands of Sir Lachlan Mor Mac-
Lean who had taken possession of them during his
minority. He petitioned the privy council for redress
which was granted. In 1609 he was one of the chiefs
who met the Bishop of the Isles at lona when the famous
statutes of Icolmkill were enacted. In 16 16 he appeared
before the privy council which bound him to exhibit an-
nually one of his kinsmen, to reside at his castle of
Breachacha, and to keep not more than one tun of wine,
also to build and repair the parish kirk. It is stated that
when he became convinced of the truth of the reformed
doctrines, he converted his tenants in Mull from papacy
by meeting them when going to chapel, and driving them
back into a barn where a Presbyterian clergyman was to
preach. He lived to a good old age and was much re-
spected. He married Florence, daughter of the laird of
MacLeod, and was succeeded by his son. (His third
son was Neil of Drimnacross, founder of the Drimnacross
branch of the Coll family.)

VII. John Garbh, his eldest son, was a man of great
wisdom and piety— a lover of men and given to hospi-
tality. "He exhibited temperance and piety during his
whole life." He married Florence, daughter of Sir Dou-
gald Campbell, of Auchnabreck, by whom he had Hec-
tor Roy, who married Marian, daughter of Hector Mac-
Lean of Torlisk. He died before his father, leaving as
successor his son —

VIII. Lachlan, a man of brave and warlike spirit,
much regarded at home and abroad. He went to Holland

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where he was captain of a Dutch regiment. He was
drowned in the water of Lochy, in Lochaber, August,
1687. He married Marian, daughter of John Dubh, Cap-
tain of Clanroland, by whom he had one son, his suc-
cessor—

IX. John Garbh, a youth of great promise, accident-
alh'' killed in Edinburgh at the age of eighteen. He was
succeeded by his uncle Donald, second son of Hector
Roy.

X. Donald married Isabella, dau. of Sir Rory Mac-
Leod of Tallisker, by whom he had one son, Hector. He
married the second time, Marian, dau. of Sir Norman
MacLeod, by whom he had four sons and one daughter.
He died in April, 1729, universally respected. To him
succeeded his eldest son —

XI. Hector, a tall, handsome man, with black hair
and eyes, a fine complexion, an expressive countenance,
polite in his address and endowed with an excellent
memory, quick perception and a solid judgment. Al-
though practising great economy, he was generous. He
knew how to make money and how to use it judiciously.
His passions were strong but fully controlled. The estate
had been greatly burdened with debt, but through the
judicious management of his father and himself he left
it free of all encumbrances and a handsome fortune be-
sides. Near the castle he built a handsome residence
where he lived opulently and contented, with hospitality.
His influence was such that to a great extent he had the
direction of the clan MacLean. He was opposed to the
revolution of 1745; not that he opposed the house of Stu-
art, but knew the effort would be futile.

The last harper in Mull, Murdoch MacDonald, was
harper to Hector MacLean of Coll until 1734. The Mac-
Neils were the hereditary harpers of the MacLeans of

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Duard. Hector was twice married, but leaving no male
issue, was succeeded by his half-brother —

XII. Lachlan, who married Catherine, daughter of
Donald MacLean of Brolass, but leaving no children, was
succeeded by his brother —

XIII. Hugh, who married Janet, daughter of Don-
ald MacLeod of Tallisker, by whom he had seven sons
and one daughter. He was succeeded by his second son —

XIV. Alexander, a thorough Highlander, of inde-
pendent character, generous disposition, kind to his
tenants, and a student at law. He married Catherine,
eldest daughter of Capt. Allan Cameron of Glendessary,
and had one son and six daughters He died in 1835
and was succeeded by his son —

XV. Hugh, a man of dignity, commanding appearance,
kind, affable and just. His father, Alexander, removed
from Coll in 1828 to Mull, and the family never returned
to live in Coll. In the immediate neighborhood of Tober-
mory is a beautiful loch, called Mary's Lake, which was
owned by Hugh. The spot is a beautiful one, situated
between two finely wooded hills, extremely precipi-
tous in their descent. This spot Hugh improved in a
manner highly creditable to his taste and judgment, and
on its banks erected the elegant mansion of Drumfin.
He was born in 1782, and having preferred a military
life, rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel and served in
the Guards. He received the estate burdened and added
to the indebtedness, so that it was deemed advisable to
sell the whole estate which was done in April, 1856,
causing its owner great sorrow. It was an evil day to
the inhabitants of Coll as the long line of lairds had been
generous to those who looked to them for succor.

Hugh married, first in 1814, Janet, daughter of James
Dennistoun, by whom he had four daughters; married,

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second, in 1825, Janet Robertson, and had four sons and
two daughters. During the latter years of his life he
lived in London, and in 1861 died at Woodville, in the
house of his daughter Margaret. His oldest son suc-
ceeded him.

XVI. Alexander, the last laird of Coll, inherited in
a remarkable degree the characteristics of his family,
great benignity and kindliness of disposition which made
his forefathers among the most popular landlords of their
day. In 1849 he emigrated to Natal, Africa, where he
died July 11, 1875, aged 47. He was never married. In
him the family of Coll in the direct line became extinct.

When Allan MacLean, our progenitor, left Scotland
in 1740, for America, Hector, the Eleventh Laird of
Coll, had possession of the island, or a greater part of it,
and being a not distant relative, was doubtless well known
to him.

THE MACLEAN CROSS

The tombs of the MacLeans are in the cemetery of

St. Oran's Chapel, lona. "By the street of the dead, —

at one time lined with crosses, — we came to the beautiful

Runic cross, known as MacLean's cross. It is formed

out of a single slab of mica schist, and stands about 1 1

feet high, on solid masonry, unprotected. Within the

circle, in the upper part is represented the crucifiction

of Christ. On one of the arms is an hour-glass, on

the other, a cross. It is undoubtedly the oldest cross in

existence, and is assigned to the period of St. Columba,

563 A. D. The tracery of its interlacing lines is perfect,

and although the cross erected 600 years later, to Martin

of Tours, is the lona Cross of Christendom, MacLean's

cross is unique.

M. E. Leicester Addis. Frank Leslie, i8g6.

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THE MACLEANS OF DRIMNACROSS

This branch is descended from Neil MacLean of Drim-
nacross, third son of Lachlan, sixth laird of Coll.

He was an officer in the Highland Regiment of Sir
Lachlan MacLean, ijlh chief of the clan during the civil
wars, and under Sir Hector Roy MacLean of Duard and
Morvern, Colonel of Foot for the County of Argyle, was
severely wounded at Inverkeithing July 20, 1652. He
fought for Prince Charles against Cromwell. In this bat-
tle there were 800 MacLeans and 700 Buchanans, and
others who stood and repulsed for four hours the attacks
of a section of Cromwell's army, thrice their number,
which had entirely surrounded them. Their despera'.e
purpose being to "neither yield nor fly," thej' fought with
unabated fury until, according to some historians, but forty
of the MacLeans remained alive, these being severely
wounded and taken prisoners; another more moderate
statement affirms that "Sir Hector was left among the
slain with 500 of his followers."

He married Florence, daughter of Allan MacDonald of

Morrer, and had issue: Hector, Allan, Marian, Ann,

Florence, Margaret and Janet.

The eldest son, Hector MacLean of Torrestan, was a
Captain in Sir John MacLean's regiment at Killiecrankie,
July 27, 1689, and was killed at Dunkeld. He had mar-
ried Florence, daughter of Lachlan MacLean of Calgary,

Allan MacLean, the second son, was born probably
somewhat before the last quarter of the 17th century, and
died not many years before or after the first quarter of
the 1 8th. His home was at Grisiboll, or GrishipoU, on
the island of Coll. The ruins of Grisiboll castle can still
be seen in the center of the island. By tradition, he was
a professor in a university in Scotland. He married Cath-
erine MacLean, daughter of Hugh, or Ewen (the names

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are the same in old Gaelic manuscripts) MacLean of
Balliphetrish, of whom an old manuscript says "he was a
worthy gentleman of the family of Borreray." Professor
John MacLean, of Princeton University, N. J., and his
son. Rev. Dr. John MacLean., late President of the same
college, and Rev. Dr. Alexander MacLeod of New York,
were descended from the Borreray branch. Catherine
was born Aug. 1668, and lived to the good old age of 96
years, as a letter from her son Lachlan to his brothers in
America, written in 1764, refers to her as then living at
that extreme old age. Their children were Lachlan, John,
Neil, Allan. Florence, who married Donald MacLean of
Calgary, and Mary, married to John MacLean of Guird-
hill, in Rum.

Lachlan, the eldest son, was born June 21, 1693. He
was a merchant in Glasgow, and from that place wrote
to his brothers Neil and Allan, in this country, in 1759.
1764 and 1765, Four letters have been preserved and
are now in the possession of a descendant of Allan Mac-
Lean. There is also a letter written in 1760 to Sir Allan
MacLean, a Baronet of Brolass, who became the 2i3t
chief of the clan. In 1757 he came to America as one
ot the captains of the 77th regiment (Montgomery's
Highlanders) stationed in Canada. The letter was sent to
Dr. Neil MacLean of Hartford, Conn., to be forwarded to
Sir Allan. It is easy to imagine why it was not sent to
its destination and so came down to us.

Lachlan was much older than his brothers Neil and
Allan, and his interest in them and their children, and in
other nephews in Europe and America, is more like that
of a father than a brother or uncle, and is very pleasant
to notice. Furthermore, as far as these letters refer to
any individual or event mentioned in the "History of the
Clan MacLean," (by John P. MacLean, pub. in Cincin-
nati, O. ) they confirm the printed work, and the history
which is so much fuller in some cases in detail, throws

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light upon some things merel}' hinted at in the written
letters, because understood by those to whom they were
written. The letters and the history thus unintentionally
corroborate each other.

29 Glasgow, Octor. 1759
Dear Brother:

* * * * I now come to congratulate

you upon 3'our present happie state of Matrimony, it
gives me pleasure to finde She proves a Kinde Mother to
the Motherless, (refers to Dr. Neil's second marriage in
ly^j.) -'^ * * *

I must ob-serve to you that I have been very sensible of
your long silence to mj' repeated letters. * *
writing * * -'^ 2 or 3 times in the year can
he no trouble where brotherlv love remains.

Glasgow, i June, 1764
Dear Brother :

* * * * Considering our advanced

age, we Should now be Strongly cemented in Brotherly
love, being a material part of religion, and in order to
ascertain that indispensable principle of mutuall regard
and affection, we vShould for the short remainder of our
time Imbrace proper opportunity of Corresponding, and
as we have no chance during our short abode here to en-
joy the pleasure of any personall interview, we should
cheerfully use the faculty and means which God in his
wisdom and kinde providence has favored us with to Sup-
plye the want of personall presence, that of exchanging
our sentiments affectionately by Missive letters. I incline
it much, and the pleasure resulting Should be reciprocal!
as the dutie is mutuall. * * May God bless

your family and children, & I am most affectionately

Your Loving Brother,

La: MacLean.

The part of this letter of 29th Octor. was scribbled over
in great hurrie with candle light. I wish you may be
able to read it.

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Lachlan was twice married. By his first wife he had
several sons and daughters, all of whom died young ex-
cept Lachlan, unmarried, and Catherine, married to David
Burnett of Annat Hill.

John, Allan's second son, married Anne, daughter of
Rev. John MacLean of Kilmore, in Mull, by whom he
had John and Archibald. John was a merchant in Nor-
folk, Virginia, where he was married and left one daugh-
ter. Archibald was a merchant in Dantzig and married
May, daughter of Mr. Symson, one of the magistrates of
Memel, and had issue four sons and several daughters.

Neil, Allan's third son, was born, according to some
records, in 1702, (another, 1705) on the island of Coll.
According to reliable tradition, he came to America with
the distinguished Dr. Morrison (of Hartford) in 1736, and
this fact .serves to corroborate the tradition that he, like
Dr. M., was a graduate of the University of Edinburgh.
He practised in Wethersfield for some years afterward,
both he and Mr. M. settled in Hartford, and both became
eminent physicians. Dr. Russell of Hartford wrote of
him, " he has always been spoken of as a man of refined
education, great dignity and ease of manner, and uncom-
mon benevolence of heart."* He died in Jan. 1784, aged
82 years.

Succeeding records of Dr. Neil's family are to be found
in history of his family, published by John J. McLean,
Palmyra, N. Y.

* Sketches of Lives of Medical Men in New England-

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FAMILY OF ALLAN MACLFAN

1715— 1786

Allan, fourth son of Allan and Catherine MacLean of
Grisipoll, states in his own handwriting in a manuscript
volume (a copy of which is now in the possession of
Ex-Governor George P. McLean of Simsbury, Connec-
ticut) that he was born at "Kilbride,"* "Island of Coll,
Shire of Argyle, North Britian, i August. 17 15. Sailed
from Newport, Glasgow, Scotland, July 22, 1740. Arrived
at Boston, September 17th. Went to Hartford, Conn,
in Oct. of the same year. Was married to Mrs. Susanna
Beauchamp, daughter of Mr. Isaac Beauchamp, an emi-
nent merchant in Hartford, and honorable family, the
28th of Oct., 1 74 1. She departed this life the 5th of Dec,
1742, and was buried in her father's tomb at Hartford."
(This tomb is in the Cemetery, back of the Centre Church.)
"I was favored with her good and religious conversation
for thirteen months and eight days."

Allan must have brought propert}'- with him from Scot-
land as he soon after established himself as a merchant in
Hartford, was unfortunate and lost all, in accounting for
which he would often say, "the Yankees were too cunning
forme." He entered into the service of the English in the
French and Indian war as Lieutenant and Commissary,
being stationed at Stillwater, N. Y. from 1757 to 1762.
He was in Col. Carlisle's Regiment. As his name does
not appear in the Colonial Records at the State House,
Hartford, it is probable that he was connected with a regu-
lar British Regiment. In 1768 a mandamus was received

• The word "Kilbride" is not inserted in the manuscript which gives as
his birthplace "Island of Coll, etc.," but is taken from the fly-leaf of a.
■volume of Watts' Sermons which was bought in Boston soon after his
arrival. This l>ook was a few years since in the possession of Dwight
McLean of Hartford, Conn.

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from the King, granting him 3000 acres of land for ser-
vices rendered. There was an attempt to locate this grant
in Westchester Co., 40 miles from New York, by the emi-
nent lawyers, Leake, Butler and Small, of that city, and
after two 5'ears of services on their part, a hearing was
given the case before the Gov. and Council, but was
decided adversely on the ground that there was no vacant
land in the county. So great was the expense incurred
in these proceedings and so much anxiety that it wor-
ried the good old veteran through his life and undoubt-
edly hastened his death.

In 1810 his grandson. Col. Francis McLean visited
St. Albans, St. Armaud and Montreal, Canada, in the
interest of his grandfather's mandamus. He had em-
ployed lawyers in these three places, seeking to have the
grant of land located in Canada. The case was tried in
Quebec but amounted to nothing. The original docu-
ment can be found among the royal archives in Quebec.

Soon after Allan's return from Stillwater, he purchased
a tract of land in Vernon, then North Bolton, Conn.,
but afterward lived with his son Alexander, in Bolton,
about eight years. In 1779 he with his son removed to
the Wheaton Place, a mile N. E. of Vernon, where he
died April 9, 1786, and was buried in the old cemetery in
the eastern part of Vernon.

The following inscription is upon his tombstone: "Here
lies the body of Mr. Allan McLean who died April 9th,
1786, in ye 71st year of his age.

A sweet remembrance of the just

Shall flourish while they sleep in dust."

Allan MacLean received a good education, both secluar
and religious, in Scotland, as shown by his subsequent
writings, especially the manuscript volume penned by
him Jan. 6, 1780, and May 15, 1784, consisting of pray-
ers, a few verses of hymns, and reflections upon religious

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subjects after the manner of Doddridge and others near
the same period, showing that he was a good old Scotch
Presbyterian. He was a man of great kindness of heart
and courtesy of manner. His ancient family Bible, printed
in Scotland in 1731, is now in the possession of Mrs. Ed-
ward McLean, of Oakland, Cal. ; a hymn book con-
taining the inscription, "Allan MacLean baught this book,
Scaterzkill, in Mull, 12 Julie, 1738, memento mori,"
printed in the old Gaelic language, was placed in the His-
torical Rooms, Atheneum Building, Hartford, several
years ago. The original Lachlan MacLean letters from
Scotland, several letters from lawyers, bills and commis-
sary accounts, deeds and various documents, together
with his spectacle-case and wallet are carefully preserved
in a little quaintly stamped leather trunk, eleven by six
inches, brought from Scotland by our ancestor, and are
now in the possession of the writer.

Allan MacLean married (2) Dec. 6, 1744, Mary Loomis.
dau. Mr. Jabez and Mary Ferry Loomis of Bolton. The
following children were born in East Hartford:

1. Mary b. Sept. 10, 1745, d. May 15, 1819

2. Alexander b. July 18, 1747, d. June 30, 1806

3. Jabez b. Aug. 12, 1749, d. Jan. 7, 1757

4. Susannah b. Sept. 29, 175 1, d. Mar. 15, 1815

His wife, Mrs. Mary Loomis MacLean was born Sept.
28, 1723, d. Aug. 6, 1790, in the family of her son Alex-
ander.

I. Mary, eldest daughter of Allan and Mary Loomis
MacLean, m. (i) March 9, 1764, Beriah Bronson. She con-
tracted this romantic marriage with a poor man somewhat
against the advice of her parents, who had selected for
her a wealthy man of Bolton. She became the mother
of six children. Her husband died in 1794. She mar-
ried (2) March 9, 1797, Oliver Skinner, and lived in

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Wapping." "She was a tall, stout-built woman, like her
mother; social, full of fun — always cheerful, and always
humoring her children." She was greatly beloved by all
her friends and relatives.

4. Susannah, fourth child of Allan and Mary Loomis
MacLean, m.( i) David Dorchester, and had six children, m
{2) Elijah King. "She governed her children better than
her mild-tempered sister Mollie," and was a bright, ener-
getic woman.

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FAMILY OF CAPT. ALEXANDER McLEAN,

N. BOLTON, NOW VERNON, CONN.

2. Alexander, for many years the only son of Allan
and Mary Loomis McLean, received an education good for
the times in which he lived, well fitting him for the com-
mon business of life. He was a hard-working, ambi-
tious man, fond of business and a great farmer. In all
his business affairs he was his own accountant and law-
yer, thus saving much expense and trouble. Having a
strong, vigorous constitution, he became, by his enter-
prise and labors, a wealthy man for the times in which he
lived. He was a leader among men, a man of versatile
talent, was unwearied in the care of the poor and did
much for the prosperity of the town of A'^ernon. He led
an exemplary Christian life. He was unwell for several
years and this time of feebleness was blessed to his sanc-
tification and moral elevation of character. His death
was that of a triumphant Christian.

He married, Dec. 27, 1768, Johannah, dau. of Jona-
than and Miriam (Spalding) Smith, of N. Bolton. They
lived for eight years in So. Bolton, then removed to the
Wheaton Place, Vernon, thence in 1788 to the old red
house then near the church. About 1793 he built the
new house opposite, where the Orphans' County Home
now stands. His father and mother lived with him a
number of years and died in his family.

children:

A. Hannah b. Dec. 7, 1769, at N. Bolton, d. Feb. 20, 1841

B. Alexander b. June 12, 1772, " " d. Nov. 11, 1843

C. Mary b. Nov. 5, 1774, " " d. Oct. 18, 1776

D. Francis b. Sep. 26, 1777, at S. Bolton, d. Nov. 6, 1861
E Allen b. June 20, 1781, at N. " d. Mar. 19, 1861

F. Mary b. Jan. 15, 1785, " " d. Dec. 27, 1805

G. Rosannah b. Aug. 14, 1789, " " d. Sep. 29, 1808

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JOHANNAH Smith McLean, wife of Alexander, born
July 19, 1748, was the eldest of five daughters. She was
a woman of medium height, possessing a strong, resolute
will, much executive abilit5% and a most wonderful voice
that could be heard, trumpet-like, for more than a mile.
She and her husband were well fitted for each other.
They were harmonious in their views of discipline, edu-
cation, and the training of their children, and in the dis-
charge of all religious and public duties. The death of
her husband in 1806 was blessed to her spiritually. She
survived him sixteen years, living in the family of her
son Francis. Her death, which occurred May 29, 1822,
was calm and peaceful. Her son Allen wrote, "For four-
teen years she lingered under the power of a wasting con-
sumption."

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FAMILY OF MRS. HANNAH McLEAN REED

EAST WINDSOR, CONN.

A. Hannah, being the oldest of the seven children of
Alexander and Johannah McLean, had an opportunity to
exercise many kind, sisterly traits, and her influence was
felt by every member of the large family. Marrying at
the age of 23, a well-known physician, her sphere of
influence widened at her first home at Vernon Center and
afterward in East Windsor, where her husband had an
extensive practice. In stature, she was somewhat short
and stout, with active, energetic habits, an excellent
housekeeper, a wise and judicious mother, and brought
up her three sons and four daughters in the fear of the
Lord.

Her brother Allen wrote of her the following:

' 'During her youthful days she possessed a very feeble
constitution, but her health and strength gradually im-
proved until she became a person of uncommon energy
and activity. As a wife and mother she acted well her
part. She was unwearied in her labors, and her candle
went not out by night. "The heart of her husband safely
trusted in her " From childhood, she was apparently
thoughtful and considerate, but gave no decisive evidence
of piety until she was more than forty years of age. Her
last sickness was long and exceeding painful. She was
peaceful and supported in her last conflict. She com-
mitted her husband and beloved children to the care of a
kind and holy Providence."

Dr. Reed was social, genial and pleasant in conversa-
tion, with a winning smile and kind word for all his
friends."

He received the degree of M. D. from the Medical So-
ciety of Conn, and practised medicine 56 years.

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"As a mathematician, a Latin scholar and an historian
he was somewhat distinguished for the times in which he
lived. As a physician, he was among the most skilful in
Hartford Co. For some years he was president of the
Medical Society in that Co. He left a manuscript which
contains an account of his treatment of Fevers during the
whole time of his professional practice. His practice in
fevers was in accordance with the Phlogistic system. He
was very attentive to the education of his children. His
death was very sudden and unexpected."

Two beautiful water-colored miniatures of the doctor
and his wife, in the quaint costume of that period, are
now in the possession of a member of the family, and
will have a wonderful charm and interest to their descend-
ants for all time.

Hannah m. Jan. 6, 1792, Elijah Fitch Reed, M. D.,
who was b. May 13, 1767, So. Windsor, d. Sept. 9,
1847, aged 80 years.

children:
I. Julia b. Oct. 8, 1792, d. April 14, 1879

II. Ebenezer Fitch b. Feb. 4, 1799, d. Nov. 5, 1832

III. Maro McLean b. Oct. 18. 1801, d. June 28, 1877

IV. Mary Eliza b. Jan. 15, 1804, d. July 25, 1850

V. Harriet Smith b. Feb. 12, 1806, d Feb. 13, 1855

VI. Julius Alexauder b. Jan. 16, 1809, d. Aug. 27, 1890
VII. Rosanna b. May 14, 1810, d. Aug. 20, 1839

I. Julia, the oldest child, m. Sept. 5, 1809, Henry Wat-
son, of E. Windsor Hill.

children:
I. Henry b. Sept. 24, 1810, d. Feb. 10, 1891

2.

Julia

. b. July 30, 1812, d.

1894

3-

Theodore )

b. Aug. 27, 1814, d.

1903

4-

Cornelius )

■ b. " " " d. Sept.

1814

5-

Alfred .

. b. May 12, 1816. d.

1903

6.

Louis

b. Oct. 27, 1817, d.

1894

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7- Ebenezer Bliss b. Nov. 21, 1819, d. Aug. 26, 1877

8. Cornelius it. b. Jan. 8, 1821, d. 1862

9. Edmund . b. Jan. 15, 1825, d.

ID. Sereno . b. Dec. i, 1826, d. Mar. 9, 1892

11. Reed . . b. Dec. 18, 1828, d.

12. Donald . b. Apl. 22, 1831, d Nov. 6, 1833

13. Harriet . b. July 22, 1833, d.

III. Maro McLean, M. D., third child of Hannah
McL. and Elijah F. Reed, "graduated from Yale College
in 1822, at the age of 21, and received the degree of M. D-
from the Medical College, Castleton, Vt,, in 1826. Prac-
tised medicine with his father in E. Windsor, later in
Hartford till 1830, when he removed to Jacksonville, 111.
Here he practised Allopathy for 25 years with marked
success. He was then led to embrace Homeopathy, which
he practised for 27 years. He was an active practitioner
for 52 years. At the age of 25, through the faithfulness
of his sister Harriet, he gave himself fully to the Lord.
The text chosen by his pastor for the funeral discourse.
Col. 4, xiv., "The beloved physician," was very appro-
priate." (E. L. R.)

He m. Sept. 16, 1830, Elizabeth Lathrop.

CHILDREN :

1. Harriet . b. June 21, 1831,

2. Edward . . b. Mar. 6, 1833 d. Aug. 3, 1883

3. Albert Hale . b. Feb. 12, 1836,

4. Elijah Fitch . b. Jan. 5, 1838, d. young

5. Maria Lathrop b. Jan. 27, 1839,

6. Sarah . . b. Apr. 10, 1841, d. young

7. Julia . . b. Nov. 20, 1846,

8. Henry Lathrop b. Feb. 15, 1848, d. Aug. 17, 1849

9. Mary Eliza b. June 25, 1849, d. July 8, 1900

Elizabeth Lathrop, his wife, b. Aug. 20, 1807, at Hart-
ford, Conn, m. at the early age of 23, and with her husband,
Dr. Maro M. Reed, at once started for their western home

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at Jacksonville, 111., which they reached after six weeks
of travel. She heroically taught the negro, and her home
was one of the ".stations" of the Underground Railroad."
For man)' years she resided with her daughter, Mrs. W.
T. Reid, at Belmont, Cal., where, in the boys' school,
she found many opportunities for usefulness. Here she
lived a lovely Christian life, beloved by all. "The fra-
grance of her spiritual life was as ceaseless and as natural
as that of the cedar," says Rev. Mr. McDougal, in "The
Cricket" for April, 1904, a monthly journal published at
Belmont School, Cal.

As the years rolled on one could see that she was re-
pining for glory, till Feb. 9, 1904, her spirit took its flight,
to be forever with the Lord.

1. Harriet, the oldest dau. of Maro M. and Elizabeth
L. Reed, has been a teacher for many years, and is still
connected wtth Belmont School, Cal.

3. Albert Hale, oldest son of Maro M. and Eliza-
beth L. R.eed, graduated at Yale College and studied for
the ministry, m. May 13, 1868, Julia Wentworth. Most
of their married life has been spent at Jacksonville, 111.,
but in recent years they have lived in Newton, Iowa.

CHILDREN :

1' Elizabeth b. July 2, 1869,

2' Julius Alexander b. Aug. 14 187 1,

3' Jennie b. Sept. 10, 1874, d. Apl. 19, 1879

4' William Thomas b. Oct. 13, 1877,

4' William Thomas, fourth child of Albert H. and Ju-
lia W. Reed, m. Nov. 22 1899, Mabel Edwards.

children:

i" Laura W^ent worth, b. Sept. 30, 1900
2" Jennie Meek b. Oct. 5, 1902

5. Maria Lathrop, fifth child of Maro M. and Eliza-

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beth L. Reed, m. Oct. 4, 1866, Joseph Wilson Thompson,
b. Sept. 10, 1840, of Jacksonville, 111. Res., Belmont, Cal-

children:

i' Maro Reed b. June 28, 1867
2' Sara Lathrop b. Sept. 11, 1870
3' Harriet b. Apr. 5, 1878

i' Maro Reed, oldest child of Maria h. and J. W.
Thompson, m. Aug. , 1889, Elenor McClosky Clem-
ents.

children:

i" Catherine McLean b. Nov. 25, 1890

2" Allen Clements b. Nov. 24, 1892

3" Paul Bradford b. Nov. 19, 1894

4" Donald Cossy b. Sept. 26, 1896

5" Maro Wilson b. Dec. 30, 1898

2' Sara Lathrop, oldest dau. of Maria L. and J. W.
Thompson, m. June 30, 1897, Oscar Nettleton Taylor,
M. D. Res., San Francisco, Cal.

3' Harriet, third child of Maria L. and J. W. Thomp-
son. Is a student of music in New York city.

7. Julia, seventh child of Maro M. and Elizabeth L.

Reed, m. Aug. 16, 1870, William Thomas Reid, b. Nov.

8, 1842, for several years a teacher in the High School,

San Francisco, Cal., four years Pres. of the University of

Cal., now at the head of a large, prosperous boys' school

at Belmont, Cal.:

children:

i' Julia Frances b. Aug. 10, 1871

2' William Thomas, Jr. b. Oct. 25, 1878

i' Julia Frances, graduated at Wellesly College, Mass.
m. July 21, 1897, Charles Wesley Willard, a lawyer in
San Francisco, Cal.

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2' William Thomas, Jr., gradviated at Harvard Univer-
sity, Cambridge, Mass., is now teaching in his father's
school at Belmont, Cal., m. July 2, 1902, Christine Lin-
coln at Brookline, Mass.

i" William Thomas, Children-iii. b. March 17, 1903.
2" Edith Williams, b. Dec. i, 1904.

9. Mary Euza, ninth child of Maro M. and Eliza-
beth M. Reed, m. Dec. 23, 1883, Francis Adelbert Black-
burn, a professor at Chicago University, at which place
she died July 8, 1900.

V. Harriet Smith, fifth child of Hannah M. and
Elijah F. Reed, m. Sept. 5, 1830, Judge John Hall of
Ellington, Conn., b. Feb. 26, 1783, d. Oct. 2, 1847.

children:

1. Harriet b. Dec. 22, 1833, d. 1842

2. Charles Crocker b. June 6, 1836,

3. Alfred R. b. Aug. 26, 1838, d. Oct. 1866

4. Robert A. b. Sept. 11, 1839,

2. Charles Crocker, oldest son of Harriet R. and John
Hall, m. June 6, 1872, Mary C. A. Corbitt.

children:

l'

Tensa C.

b.

May 28,

1873.

2'

Frederick F.

b.

Aug. 16,

1876,

0

Alfred R.

b.

Mar. 28,

1879, d. May 30, 1898

4'

John Edward

b.

Dec. 24,

1882,

5'

Mary R.

b.

April 25,

1883,

Residence, Berkeley, Cal.

4. Robert A., fourth child of Harriet R. and John Hall,
m. Nov. 15, 1866, Augusta Pratt. Six children.

VI. Rev. Julius Alexander, seventh child of Hannah
M. and Elijah F. Reed, acquired a collegiate and theo-
logical education, and for many years was a teacher and

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preacher in Iowa, m. Dec. i, 1835, Caroline Blood, who

died Oct. i, 1890,

children:

1. Anna b. Aug. 30, 1836, d.

2. Rosanna b. Aug. 11, 1839, d. Apl. 25, 1840

3. Mary b. Feb. 9, 1S43,

I. Anna, oldest child of Julius A. and Caroline B.
Reed, graduated at Auburndale Sem., Mass., m. Dec. 6,
1861. Henry Wilkinson, b. Aug. 20, 1835. d.

children:

i' Henry Lawrence b. Aug. 10, 1865
2' Alfred Hall b. May 29, 1868

3' Anna Reed b. Jan. 10, 1870

3' Anna Reed, only dau. of Anna R. and Henry Wil-
kinson, m. Oct. 9, 1895, Edward Harris Rathbone, Won-
socket, R. I.

children:

i" Rachel Harris b. Sep. 13, 1897

2" Lawrence Wilkinson b. July 18, 1900
3" Anna Reed b. Sep. 25, 1902

3. Mary, third dau. of Julius A. and Caroline B. Reed,
m. Aug. 17, 1863, Samuel Francis Smith, a lawyer in
Davenport, Iowa. Res. Newton, Mass,

child:
i' Anna Reed, b. Sept. 15, 1870.

VII. Rosanna, youngest dau. of Hannah M. and Eli-
jah F. Reed, m. Oct. 17, 1838, Stanley White.

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FAMILY OF DEA. ALEXANDER McLEAN

MANCHESTER, COKN.

B. Dea. Alexander, the eldest son of Alexander and
Johannah Smith McLean, was b. in N. Bolton, attended
school in S. Bolton and Windsor. With the exception of one
winter when he taught school, aided his father upon
the farm until his marriage in 1793, at the age of 21. He
conducted a farm in Vernon for a number of years. After-
ward, he and his brother. Col. Francis McLean, built and
carried on the cotton mills at the village now called Tal-
cottville. Here Alexander lived till the death of his wife
in 1814, when he removed to a farm in Manchester where
he spent the remainder of his life. He was an energetic,
business man, given to hospitality, and winning a host of
friends by his kind, pleasant manners. For many years
he was an active, influential deacon in the Cong. Ch.'
Manchester. His house has long since disappeared , but
the hill upon which it stood is still called "McLean Hill."
m. (i.) Apr. 25, 1793, Betsey Thrall, who d. Aug. 9.
1814, aged 42 years, the mother of four sons and three
daughters.

children:

b. Oct.
b. Sept.
b. July
b. June
b. Dec.
b. Oct.
b. May

I. Alexander, oldest son of Dea. Alexander and Betsey
T. McLean, m. March 19, 1817, Mary Meekins, who d.
June 28, 1828.

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I. Alexander

II. John

III. Betsey

IV. Clarissa
V. Allen

VI. Mary
VII. Charles

24.

1794,

d.

July

24,

1828

6,

1796,

d.

Mar.

14,

1877

5,

1798,

d.

June

I,

1834

19.

1800,

d.

Dec.

9>

1897

24-

1802.

d.

Mx.war,

1847

6,

1806,

d.

Sept.

12,

1895

30,

1811,

d.

Dec.

20,

,1881

children:

1. Alexander b. Oct. ii, 1818, d. Aug. 29, 1877

2. Henry b. Nov. i, 1819, d. Apr. 5, 1826

3. Edwin b. July 3, 1821, d. Feb. 25, 1875

4. Frederick Hudson b. May 6, 1823, d. Oct. 19, 183 1

5. Geer Allen b. Feb. 13, 1825, d. Feb. 13, 1825
6 Henry b. Dec. 18, 1826, d. Mar. 29, 1831

I. Alexander, oldest son of Alexander and Mary
Meekins McL,ean, m. 1847, Nancy

children:

i' Alexander b. 1849, d. July 1876

2' Edwin b, 1 85 1

3' Calvin b. 1855

4' Minnie b. 1857

5' Julia b. 1 86 1

3. Edwin, third son of Alexander and Mary M. Mc-
Lean, a successful merchant in Rockville, Conn., after-
ward in Great Harrington, Mass., m. (i) April, 1847,
Nancy Griswold of Surbridge, Mass., who d. in 1849.
m. (2). Nov. II, 1849, Julia H. Ladd of Tolland, Conn.

children:
i' George Edwin b. Aug. 31, 1850
2' Minnie Rose b. Nov. 11, 1856

3' William Bradley b. Oct. 25, 1862

i' Rev. George Edwin, eldest son of Edwin and Ju-
lia L- McLean, graduated at Williams College, Mass., and
studied Divinity. In 1893 he was Prof, in State Univer-
sity Minneapolis, Minn., now Pres. State University, Iowa
City, Iowa, m. May 20, 1874, Clara Stanley Taylor, b-
Sept. 25, 1849.

2' Minnie Rose, second child of Edwin and Julia L.

McLean, m. Oct. 21, 1885, Nelson P. Lewis, a consulting

engineer of Greater New York. Res. 1511 Albemarle

Road, Brooklyn. N. Y.

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children:

i" Margaret McLean, b. Aug. 9, 1888
2" Harold Arthur b. Aug. 8, 1889

3' William Bradley, second son of Edwin and Ju-
lia L. McLean, is a commission merchant of Minne-
apolis, Minn., m. Sept. 14, 1889, Addie M. Lockwood.

child:

i" Edwin Lockwood, b. Aug. 9, 1890

II. John, second son of Dea. Alexander and Betsey

Thrall McLean, m. (i) July 19, 182 1, Sarah Bunce, who

d. Dec. 6, 1834-

children:

1. Caroline b. Oct. 30, I823, d. Dec. 3, 1867

2. Rosanna b. Sep. 30, 1825, d. June 9, 1876

3. Sarah b. Apr. 18, 1827

4. John Dwight b. Feb. 4, 1829

5. Charlotte b. Oct. 5, 1831, d. Dec. 5, 1851

6. Maro b. Aug. 5, 1834, d. Nov. 30, 1854

II. John m. (2) in 1840, Rhoda Woodford.

child:
7. Almena b. Sept. 15, 1841, d. Oct, 25, 1871.

2. Rosanna, second dau. of John and Sarah B. Mc-
Lean, m. June 30, 1856, George Talcott of Rockville.

child:
i" George Frederick, b. Feb. 23, 1858, m. (i) Carrie
Bissell, who d. Dec. 10. 1900, m. (2) June, 1901, Maud
Burnett, who d. Dec. 28, 1903.

3. Sarah, third dau. of John and Sarah B. McLean,
m. Aug. 3, 1845, Albert Y. Hill, who d. Sept. 27, 1868.

CHILDREN:

i' Zopher Y. b. July 18, 1846

2' Lottie M. b. Apr. 3, 1854, d. June 18, 1871

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7- Almena, dau. of John and Rhoda W. McLean, m.
Edward Gilman. Son —

Almeron, b. Oct. 21, 1871

III. Betsey, third child of Dea. Alexander and Betsey
T. McLean, m. Apr. i, 1^33, Rev. Nelson Bishop, who
d March 14, 1877, at Canton, Conn.

IV. Clarissa, fourth child of Dea Alexander and
Betsey T. McLean, m. Oct. 15, 1823, Dea. Simeon A.
Spencer who d. Dec. 5, 1864, at Manchester, Conn.

CHILDREN :

1. John O. b. Aug. 29, 1824, d. June 25, 1890

2. Abigail T. b. July 7, 1826, d. Oct. 15, 1870

3. Simeon Dwight b. Jan. 5, 1829,

4. Charles S. b. Oct. 25, 1830, d. Feb. 20, 1869

5. George McLean b. Sept. 19, 1836, d. July 11, 1901

I. John O., oldest son of Clarissa M. and Simeon A.
Spencer, m. (i) May 18, 1848, Mary A. Winchester who
d. Sept. 26, 1856. Children, i' Clinton A. b. Sept. 25, 1851 ;
2' Hattie S. b. Sept. 10, 1853

I John O. m. (2) Feb., 1857, Charlotte G. Darrow.
Child, 3' Mary G. b. Feb. 23, 1861.

i' Clinton A., son of John O. and Mary W. Spencer,
m. Dec. 28, 1875, Rosa Try on, Manchester, Conn. Chil-
i" Harry, b. Sept. 17, 1878; 2" Ethel, b. Dec. 24. 1881,
at Wilmington, Del.

2' Hattie S., dau. of John O. and Mary W. Spence r
m. Sept. 5, 1876, Frederick H. Badet. Son, 1" Harry
Badet, b. July 15, 1877, at So. Bend, Ind.

3' Mary G., dau. John O. and Charlotte D. Spencer,
m. June 13, 1883, A. M. Stacy. Son, 1" Leroy, G., b.
Dec. 7, 1884. Res., New London, Conn.

2. Abigail T., dau. of Clarissa and Simeon A. Spen-

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cer, m. Sept. 20, 1853, George S. Parkhurst, Manchester,
Conn.

3. Simeon D wight, second son of Clarissa M. and
Simeon A. Spencer, m. (1) May , 1853, Mary F.
White, who d. March 0, 1870. Children: 1' Nellie, b.
March 12, 1859, 2' Frank, b. Sept 1864.

1' Nellie, dau. of Simeon Dwight and Mary W. Spen-
cer, m. Jan. 20, 1881, William Hamlin Childs. Children,
1" Richard Spencer, b. May 28, 1882; 2" Mary White,
b. Mar. 7, 1886

2' Frank, only son of Simeon Dwight and Mary W.
Spencer, m. April 26, 1892, May Antoinette Parker,
Res. Manchester, Conn. Children: 1" Dwight Parker, b.
July 28, 1895; 2" William White, b. Jan. 31, 1900.

3. Simeon Dwight m. (2) May 7, 1885, Lucy G. Ford.
Res., Manchester, Conn.

5. Rev. George McL,ean, fourth son of Clarissa M. and
Simeon A. Spencer, graduated at Dartmouth College, was
in the civil war as a private. Afterward studied law and
practised in Hartford, Conn., for some years. After
studying theology he was settled over a church in Iowa,
afterward removed to San Francisco, Cal., where he died,
M. (1) May 21, 1868, Abby A. Rose, who d. May 3, 1873,
Child, 1' Ruth Hale, b. May 3, 1873, died the following

day. .M (2) Jan. 11, 1876, Lizzie Kimberly, who d. June

2s, 1881.

V. Allen, fifth child of Dea. Alexander and Betsey

T. McLean, m. Dec. 25, 1826, EHza Woodbridge. Son,

Christopher, b. Oct. 17, 1828, m. (1) Feb. 10, 1849, Ellen

McClelland, who d. July 20, 1849. No children. M. (2)

Dec. 3, 1850, Susan M. Le Turc, who d. Oct. 5, 1865.

children:

1' Kate Bissell b. Aug. 31, 1851,

2' Sue Temple b. April 19, 1853, d. Apr. 10, 1858

3' Christopher b. April 29, 1856, d. Oct. 28, 1869

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4' Maria E. b. May 21, 18G0,

5' Walker Anson b. May 1(5, 1803, d. Sept. 11, 1S03

1. Christopher, m, (3) Jan. 14, 18o9, Ann R. C- Davis,

Newbern, N. C.

children:

6' John Davis b. Dec. 16, 18G0, d. Sept. 2<>, 1870

T Wannie Davis b. Mar. 22, 1871, d. Jan. 24, 1872

8' Donald b. Mar. 13, 1872, d. same day

1' Kate Bissell oldest child of Christopher and Susan
T. McLean, m. June 17, 187 4, Fred Case.

VI. Mary, sixth child of Dea. Alexander and Betsey
T. McLean, m. April 5, 183S, Geo. D. Morgan.

children:

1. Elizabeth R. b. Aug. 17, 1839, d. Aug. 0, 1816

2. Benjamin Dulop b. Aug. 21, 1840, d. Oct. 23, 1877

3. Georgiana b. Mar. 2G, 1844, d. Jan. 28, 18.58

VII. Charles, seventh child of Dea. Alexander and
Betsey T. McLean, m. May 8, 1839, Octa S. Strong, who
d. May 28, 1887. Res. Manchester, Conn.

children:

1. Willard Tyler b. Mar. 4, 1841, d. Oct. 5, 1870

2. Jerusha Day b. April 9, 1845,

3. Octa Ella b. July 28, 1847, d. May 1902

4. Charles Noble b. May 24, 1850,

5. Emma Rose b. July 15, 1853, d. Nov. 22, 1871

6. Clara Frances b. Aug. 20, 1856,

7. George Lincoln b. Aug. 9, 1861,

2. Jerusha Day, second child of Charles and Octa S.
McLean, m. George S. Parkhurst, Oct. 20, 1872. Daugh-
ter, 1' Abby b. May 12, 1874. Res. Simsbury, Conn.

3. Octa Ella, third child of vii Charles and Octa S.
McLean, m. June 24, 1877, George Talcott, Rockville,
Conn. Son, Phineas McLean, b. Dec. 24, 1880.

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4. Charles Noble, fourlh child of vir. Charles and Octa

S. McLean, m. Oct. 7, 1874, Adelaide S. Case. Res. Rock-

ville, Conn.

children:

1' Emma Jane b. July 2G, 187r>^

2' Frederick Richard b. Feb. 4, 1879, d. Oct. 2, lOol

?>' Clara Belle b. Aug. 2(i, 1881,

4' Charles Ralph b. Nov. 8, 1883,

6' Minnie b. Aug. 10, 1889,

1' Emma Jane, a graduate of Mt. Holyoke College,
Mass.

7, George Lincoln, seventh child of Charles and Octa
S. McLean, m.June 10, 1887, Mary E. Bailey. Res. Rock-
ville, Conn. Children, 1' Ruth Bailey, b. June 1, 1888;
2' Margaret Strong, b. Nov. 24, 1892.
Vv VIII. William, only son of Dea. Alexander and Bet-
sey S. McLean, m. (1) Oct. 20, 1838, Mary T. Palmer,
Vernon, who d. May, 1901.

children:

1. Mary Eliza b. Dec. 29, 1839,

2. William Sheldon b. June 17, 1843,

3. Alfred P. b. Nov. 18, 184J,

4. Clarence T. b. Mar. 18, 184^^,

5. Arthur Eliot b. Aug. 10, 1849,

1. Mary Eliza, oldest daughter of William and Mary
P. McLean, m. Nov. 0, 1«64, Theodore H. Eldridge, Nor-
wich, Conn.

CHILDREN:

1' Minnie b. July 5, 1865, d. Nov. 8, 1873

2' Bertha Maria b. Apr. 22, 187(i, d. Sept. 18, 187!)

3' Grace Edith b. July 12, 1872,

4' Alfred Earl b. July 4. 1877, d. Aug. 8, 1879

3' Grace Edith, m. Nov. 26, 1903, Robert Harvey
Montgomery, Norwich, Conn.

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2. William Sheldon, oldest son of William and Mary
P. McLean, (a farmer in Bolton, Conn.) m. April 29,
1869, Martha E. Risley.

CHILDREN:

r Clarence Sylvester b. June 8, 1870,

2' William Allen b. May 1, 1875,

3' Mary Elvira b. Nov. 4, 1877, d. Dec. 22, 1877

4' Ellena b. Jan. H, 1880,

5' Anna E. b, Sept. 7, 1883,

i' Clarence Sylvester, oldest son of William S.
and Martha R. McEean, graduated at a Business College
in Hartford, and taught for ten years. Is now connected
with a publishing house in Syracuse, N. Y. M. April i6,
1901, Zue Hunter Brockett, of Washington, D. C. Chil-
dren— i" Carolyn, b. Jan. 6, 1902, d. May 30, 1903; 2"
Ruth, b. May 29. 1903.

2' William Allen, second son of William S. and
Martha R. McEean, studied at a Business College in
Hartford, is now in business in New Haven. M. Oct.
12, 1904, Sarah Isabell Bassett, of New Haven.

4' Ellena, fourth child of William S. and Martha
R. McEean, graduated at Rockville High School, is now
a student at Mt. Holyoke College, Mass.

5' Anna E- fifth child of William S. and Martha R.
McEean, graduated at Rockville High School in 1902,

3. Alfred P., second son of William and Mary P. Mc-
Eean, is a farmer in Plainville, Conn. Unmarried.

4. Clarence T., third son of William and Mary P.
McEean, m. Jan., '76, Addie Kidder, who died in 1901.
Norwich, Conn.

5. Arthur E., fourth son of William and Mary P.
McEean, has been landlord of "The Hillhurst," Norfolk,
Conn., for 18 years, during the summer; Plainville, Conn,
in winter. M. May 30, 1883, Florence Sophia Eewis.

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VIII. William, divorced from his first wife; m. (2)
Oct. 21, 1856, Helen Christian, at Rockton, 111.

children:

1. Minnie b. June 16, 1858,

2. Helen b. Jane 13, i860, d. Sept. i, 1861
Hattie b. Dec. 26, 1861, d. Jan. 18, 1874
Frank b. Aug. 21, 1863,
Charles b. May 2, 1865,

Edwin Christian b. Jan. 23, 1867,

Ida

8. Rosanna

9. Ernest

10. Kate Ellen

I, 1869

d. June 24, 1869, d. vSept.
b. Oct. 26, 1871,
b. July 4, 1874,
b. Dec. 31, 1876,

6. Edwin Christian, sixth child of William and Helen

C. McLean, m. two sons — i' Frank Bernard; 2' Paul

Williams.

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FAMILY OF COL. FRANCIS McLEAN

VERNON, CONN.

■'^ Col. Francis, the second son of Capt. Alexander and
Johannah Smith McLean, was born in So. Bolton. His
childhood's home was at the Wheaton Place, Vernon.
He attended school in Windsor and Vernon He always
remembered with interest Abner Reed, with whom he
studied mathematics and surveying — his favorate studies.
In 1789 the family moved to the old red house at Vernon
Center, and soon after the family homestead was built
opposite, where the County Orphans' Home now stands,
A fine row of maple trees was set out in front of the house
— the ornament of the village. In the winter of 1794,
when 17 years of age, Col. McLean taught school in
Manchester. He hoped to continue teaching, but his
father needing him on the farm, he taught no more. He
early became interested in manufactures. About 1805,
he built a grist-mill, saw -mill and dam in the west-
ern part of town, afterward removed the grist-mill to
Phoenix village, building a dam and saw-mill. He, with
his brother Alexander and Col. Tinker, built the mills for
manufacturing cotton where the flourishing village of
Talcottville now stands, and erected the brick-houses near
the bridge. Col. McLean first noticed the wonderful
power of Snipsic Lake (Indian name, Shenipsit) a few
miles from Rockville, and its grand fall of 250 ft., as an
ideal power for a fine manufacturing village. The fol-
lowing is from the pen of Rev. Stanley Kellogg in the
"History of Tolland County."

"In the spring of 1S21 Col. McLean, having sufficiently
matured his plans, purchased lands of the Grant heirs,
also bought o( the heirs of Dea. Hall, Brockway and
Wells, and built the first factory — the old Rock for mak-

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ing satinet. He formed a partnership with George and
Allyn Kellogg and Ralph Talcott, with a nominal capital
of $16,000. A strong dam was first thrown across the
stream where it now stands (and where it is likely to
stand until some extraordinary convulsion takes place) as
an enduring monument of strength. This is the present
Rock dam. The canal was dug, the wheel-pit located
and the power determined by a simple but accurate pro-
cess. Spirit-levels and intricate mathematical instru-
ments were not then on hand, but a ready ingenuity sup-
plied their place. Col. McLean improvised a level by
taking a piece of scantling, six or eight feet long, with a
straight edge which was grooved to hold water. With
this level he made the surveys and located the wheel.
These surveys have proved accurate. In the mean time
timber was cut from the adjacent hillsides and a building
promptly erected, 80 ft. long by 30 ft. wide, three stories
high — an enormous building in those days. McLean's
woolen factory was a nine days' wonder. Three sets of
woolen machinery were put in and began making blue
and blue-mixed satinets. Power-looms were introduced
in '22 and '23, but crude and imperfect. At the May
session of the Legislature, in 1828, a charter was obtained
and the firm organized under the name of 'The Rock
Manufacturing Co.,' Capital, $25,000. In 1832 the
capital was increased to $45,000. The old mill was used
till 1851 when it gave way to the new. The original in-
corporators were Col. Francis McLean, George Kellogg,
Ralph Talcott and Aaron Kellogg. The first meeting was
held Dec. 31, 182B, when the following gentlemen were
named as officers: Pres., Francis McLean, salary, $400;
Sec'y, Geo. Kellogg, salary, $410, with house and garden,
$60. Col. McLean, having closed his connection with the
Rock, with Alonzo Bailey, organized a company and
built the Frank Co. mills in 1831. The frame- work was

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the original frame of the Vernon meeting-house. The
Frank was erected and started with six sets of cassimere
machines in 1847. This building, architecturally the
finest in the village, was consumed by fire Sept. 1851.
The Florence was erected in 1864 in the same place. In
1833 Col. Mclycan built the paper-mill and owned more
than half of it This ends the long list of important
enterprises originated and carried out by this energetic
man with most wonderful success." Col. Wm. A. Gro-
ver, M. D., of Berkeley, Cal., wrote in 1892, "The Rock
Factory was built of chestnut timber, hewed and framed
in Tolland by Mr. Grover, the builder, and carried to
what is now known as Rockville, and put together. It
was an exceeding plain building, without any ornamen-
tation whatever, and painted red. It was an exceedingly
lonely place as there was not another building in the
vicinity. For the sake of the water-power it was built in
a deep ravine, and the picture of the rapid stream with
its falls, as it poured over the precipitous rocks, — the deep
gorge surrounded on all sides by sunny hills, with the
red mill standing in the center, — has never been eraced
from my memory. It was the commencement of Rock-
ville and Col. McLean was looked upong as the enterprising
pioneer of that now beautiful city." The Col. built four
tenement houses near the Rock, six near the Frank and
two near the Paper Mill. He surveyed and laid out va-
rious roads about the Factories and Vernon. In 1826 he
was the prime mover in the erection of Vernon Church
and Academy.

At the age of 18 he entered the State militia as private
and was rapidly promoted to the different offices. For
eight years he was Captain of the First Division of the
First Brigade of 19th Regiment of Light Infantry. In Oc-
tober, 1812 he was appointed Major of the same Brigade
and served two years. In 1813, the second year of his

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being Major, his younger brother, Rev. Allen McLean,
of Simsbury was Chaplain of the same Brigade. In 181 G
the Col. was appointed Lieut-Col. Commandant of the
same Regiment and served one year. In 1816 he repre-
sented his district in the State Legislature.

He was a leader of men, identified himself with every
project for the good of Vernon and Rockville and prob-
abl}' accomplished more good than any other man of his
day and generation.

Hem. (1) Feb. !0, 1800, Roxey, dau. of James Mc-
Kinney of Ellington, b. June 10, 1780, d. March 80, 1811.
"Her natural disposition was easy, kind and affectionate.
She was an excellent wife, an affectionate mother and a
very consistent Christian." On the death of Capt. Alex-
ander McLean in 1806, her mother McLean entered the
famil)% increasing her cares.

children:

I. Otis b. Feb. 27, 1801, d. Dec. 31. 1836

II. Lora b. Oct. 19, 1802, d. Jan. 7, 1835

III. Francis b. Aug. 1, 1804, d. Dec. 26, 1862

' IV. Mary b. Aug. 27, 1806, d. July 19, 1831

V. John b. Apr. 4, 1808, d. May 17 1828

VI. Rosanna b. May 27, 1810, d. June 29, 1835

1. Otis, a bright, intelligent, ambitious man, was acci-
dentally killed. M. Dec. 1822, Clarissa Munsell, who
d. in 1889 at St. Louis, Mo. Children — 1. Clarissa, b.
1823, d. 1861, at St. Louis, Mo.; 2. Roxanna, b. 1826,
d. 1852 at St. Louis, Mo.

1. Clarissa, the oldest child of Otis and Clara Mc-
Lean, was educated by her grandfather McLean, at the
Wesley an Academy, Wilbraham, Mass. In 1841, m.
James Hamilton Fyler, a college-bred man, the son of
Rev. Dr. Fyler of Mississippi, b. in 1822 and d. in 1859.
Children — V Louise, b. 1842, d. at St. Louis, Mo. Jan.

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1869; 2' Mary b. 1846, d. at St. Louis, Mo. 1873; 3' James
Otis Dudley, b. Mar. 22, 1850.

1' IvOuise was a fine-looking, intelligent woman with a
large family, and the care of her aged grandmother in
1865. Their plantation was on the banks of the Depere
river, seven miles south of St. Louis. She m. 1857, Chas.
D. Lake. Child— 1" Mary, b. 1S58, m. 1885, Ennis
Hopkins, child b. 1886.

2' Mary, the second daughter of Clarissa M. and James
H. Fyler, was a most beautiful woman. M. Sept. 1865,
John Kredel of St. Louis, Mo., who d. Dec. 23, 1903.
Children— 1" Otis Hamilton, b. 1866; 2" Katie Gertrude,
1868, d. Aug. 1882; 3" Clara Louise, b. 1870.

3' James Otis Dudley, the third child of Clarissa M. and
James H. Fyler, is an energetic, business man in St.
Louis, m. 1868, Ellen Frances Wilburn. Children — 1"
Lillian May, b. May. 1869; 2" Cora Elizabeth b. 1871, d.
3" George Hamilton, b. 1873.

1" Lillian May, Dau. of James Otis D. and Ellen F.
Fyler, m. Aug. 21, 1897, T. Hill. St. Louis, Mo.

3" George H. son of J. O. D. and E. F. Fyler, m.
Nov. 20, 190 1, Sophie H. Kempff. Res. St Louis, Mo.

2. Roxanna, second daughter of Otis and Clara Mc-
Lean, m. 1855, Ebenezer Bosworth, St. Louis. Child —
Charles, b. 1861, d. Feb. 1887, m. twice. No children.

II. LORA was a delicate woman, of fine, fastidious
tastes, yet withal very efficient. She was educated at
Hartford Fem. Sem., then under the management of
Catherine and Harriet Beecher. M. Nov. 19, 1863, Judge
Phineas Talcott who d. June 6, 1883. At the time of the
marriage he was Stewart of the Retreat, Hartford, where
his wife became Matron. She was much beloved by the
inmates, who called her good Mother Talcott. Children —
I. Frederick, b. Dec. 27, 1824, d. Sept. 22, 1849; 2.
George, b. Jan. 20, 1827.

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2. George, the second son of Lora and Phineas Tal-
cott, is President of the First National Bank, Rockville,
Conn. M. (i) June 30. 1856, Rosanna, dau. of John and
Sarah Bunce McLean of Manchester, Conn, who d. June
S, 1876- Son — i" George Frederick, b. Feb. 23, 185S, ra.
(i) Carrie Bi.ssell, who d. Dec. 10, 1900; m; (2) June, 1901,
Maud Burnett, who d. Dec. 28, 1903.

2. George m. (2) June 24, 1877, Octa Ella, dau. of
Charles and Octa Strong McLean of Manchester. Son —
2" Phineas McLean, b. Dec. 24, 1880.

III. Major Francis, the third child of Col. Francis
aud Roxey McLean, was a small, delicate child and when
about 10 years old experienced a serious accident. Playing
one day in a trough, used for watering stock, he fell in,
could not extricate himself, and was nearly drowned. It
was with difficulty that he was restored to consciousness.
Through the unwearied care of loving parents he re-
covered, and, though a small-sized man, enjoyed a com-
fortable measure of health through life. He purchased
the old Homestead in Vernon in 1848 and beautified it.
He joined the Conn. State Militia and rose to the rank
of Major. He was a pleasant, kind man, frugal in ex-
penditures and exact in all business transactions. He
d. at the age of 57.

III. Major Francis m. (i) June 25, 1834, Louisa L. Chap-
man of Tolland, b. July 7, 1813, d. Nov. 9, 1847. She
was a sweet, lovely Christian woman, winning the hearts
of all about her— a model mother and housekeeper, and
always ready for every good word and work in the home,
church and community. Her memory is blessed.

children:

I.

Francis Eugene

b.

May

19.

1835,

d.

Apr.

5-

1885

2.

Lora Cordelia

b.

Sept.

21,

1836.

d.

Mar.

16,

1840

3-

Emma Louisa

b.

Sep.

30,

1839-

d.

July

28,

1868

4-

Ellen Sophronia

b.

Mar.

II,

1842,

d.

Apr.

19.

1882

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1. Francis Eugene, the oldest son of Major Francis
and Louisa McLean, was a bright, intelligent boy, edu-
cated in the schools of Vernon, and worked upon the
farm for bis father. Upon his marriage in 187 1, nine
j-ears after the death of his father, he sold the Old Home-
stead and went to Cherokee, Iowa, where he bought
property. Later, removed to Springfield, Mass. He m.
Jan. 20, 1 87 1, at Talcottville, Conn,, Emma Buckland of
Somers, b. 1853. No children.

3. Emma Louisa, the third child of Major Francis
and Louisa McLean, was a noble girl of fine character,
a devoted Christian and an excellent teacher. Taught
for several years in the schools of Rock vi lie.

4. Ellen S., the fourth child of Francis and Louisa
McLean, possessed a quiet, studious temjjerament. She
v/as an exceedingly industrious, warm-hearted Christian
girl and woman.

in. Major Francis m. (2) Jan. 18, 1849, L. Maria
Slater of Manchester, Conn, b. Feb, 181 1, d. Nov. 17,
1895. She was a most excellent Christian woman, a kind
neighbor — conscientious and faithful in all her duties.
The death of her husband in 1862 left her the sole guar-
dian of her son George, then eleven years old. Upon the
marriage of her son in 1878 she took up her abode in his
family, where she lived 17 years, attaining the good old
age of 84.

5. George Clifford, the only son of Major Francis
and Maria S. McLean, b. Aug, 30, 1851, was a fine-looking,
bright boy of active temperament. At the early age of
eleven he was bereft of a father's care and left with an
indulgent mother. He has matured into a warm-hearted,
enterprising business man in Hartford, Conn. M. June
21, 1878, Mary Emmeline, dau, of William S. and Jane
Smith of Hartford, who is well-fitted to be a helpmeet for
her husband, "looking well to the ways of her household

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and eating- not the bread of idleness." Child — i' Frances
Ma}', b. March 4, 1891.

IV. Mary was taller than her sisters, of a more serious
turn of mind, and much more grave in her demeanor.
Her mother found her a strong arm to lean upon in
household cares and worries. She m. May 27, 1828, Da-
vid Talcott Smith, who d. July 25, 1855. She died at
the age of 25.

children:

1. Francis, b. Mar. 17, 1829

2. George, b. Mar. 1831, d. 1847, Vernon.

I. Francis, the oldest son of Mary and David T. Smith,
m. (i) Jane L. Wickham. b. Jan. 1S28, d. Oct. 28, 1878.
M. (2) Nellie Plympton, b. d.

M. (3) Susan Scott, b. d. Nov. 1892

He has been an active business man all his life; is now
living in Hartford, Conn., retired from business.

Vi- ROvSANNA, was a pretty dark-eyed woman, of an
affectionate disposition, much energy of character, and
an exemplary Christian. She graduated at Miss Cath-
erine Beecher's Sem. Hartford. She m, Oct. 9, 1832,
Gardiner Childs, b. Aug. 19, 1801, d. Feb. 27, 1841, Troy»
N. Y. Her short married life of three years was spent in
Granby, Lower Canada, where her husband was a mer-
chant.

CHILDREN:

1. Rosanna, b. Aug. 2, 1833, d. July 2, 1854

2. Sarah Berry, b. May 30, 1835, d. Feb. i860

r. Rosanna, possessed a fine intellect and winning
manners. After the death of her mother she lived at her
grandfather McLean's, and with her cousin, Mrs. Dick-
inson, in Willington. Graduated at Ipswich Fem. Sem.
Mass. Taught in New York, afterward was Principal of a
Fem. Sem. at Hagerstown, Md., where she died the tri-
umphant death of a Christian at the age of 21.

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2. Sarah Berry was a beautiful girl of sunny temper
and vivacious manners. She studied the piano and
taught music at Hagerstown Sem., Md.; Ipswich Sem.,
Mass., and I^ogansport. Ind., where she m. Oct. 9, 1858,
William NefF. No children.

D. Col. Francis McLean, m. (2) Jan. 15, 1816, Sarah
Berry, dau. of Jonathan and Rebecca Hinckley Childs,
of Barre, Mass., b. Oct. 5, 1789; d. April 10, 1835.

Mrs Sarah B. McLean was married from the home
of her uncle, Dr. Scotaway Hinckley in Vernon. "She
was a warm-hearted Christian and one of the most com-
panionable, social persons in all my acquaintance. It
shall be told as a memorial of her that she took the best
care of her aged mother Mclyean."

children:

VII. Edward b. Feb. 24, 1818, d. June 30, 1886

VIII. Roxey b. Feb. 10, 1820, d. Mar. 7, 1904

IX. Sarah b. Nov. 8, 1822, d. Mar. 9, 1870

X. Harriet b. June 10, 1825, d. Sept. 25, 1874

XI. Maria b. Feb. 7, 1828, d. Nov .22, 1854

XII. Mary b. Jan, 27, 1831,

XIII. John b. Nov. 8. 1833.

VII. Edward, the oldest son of Col. Francis and Sarah
Childs McLean, was a quiet, studious, affectionate boy —
a comfort to his mother, a kind brother and counselor to
the younger members of the family. He was educated
at Vernon Academy, Wilbraham Academy, Mass., pre-
paring for college at Bacon Academy, Colchester. He
graduated at Yale College in 1843. He early united with
the Cong'l Ch. and continued in its fold through life.
While studying divinity, ill health obliged him to pause.
He afterward became one of the partners in a book-store
in Philadelphia, Pa., the firm being Grattan & Mc-
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take a sea voyage, and went to California, crossing the
Isthmus, horseback and by foot, in 1854. The following
is from the pen of Pres. Martin Kellogg of the University
of Cal.: "He settled in San Francisco where he en-
gaged in the insurance business. He brought the Hart-
ford Insurance Co. to this coast, in 1869, as its general
manager here, which, under his direction, became one of
the most extensive companies in its operations on the
coast.

He afterward engaged in the real estate business in
Oakland for twelve years, when ill health obliged him to
go to Southern California. He organized the Santa Ger-
trudes Co. which owned the lands where now are the
towns of Downey, Norwalk and Fulton Wells, and he
was its general manager till all its lands were sold. It
was while this Co. was boring for artesian water that the
sulphur springs were found which have since become
famous as Fulton Wells. He aso originated the Mutual
Orchard Association, which owned lands about Olive-
wood, Passadena.

He was one of a commission of three men. Rev. Hor-
ace Bushnell, D. D. being another, to chose the site of
the College of Cal. at Berkeley, now the University of
Cal. He was a Regent of the College.

He was senior member of the firm McLean, Rust &

Wilson, in the real estate business in Los Angeles, and

lived there seventeen years. He believed in the future of

the southern country and was enthusiastic in its praise.

He was a cordial, open-hearted man, free from osten-
tation, quiet, but intensely interested in all public enter-
prises." He was a wise father and exemplary Christian.
He m. Dec. 31, 1857, Sarah E. dau. of Socrates Chester
of Ellington, who was b. April 3, 1833.

children:

1. Agnes Maria b. Dec. 21, 1858,

2. Edward Chester b. Mar. 21, 1862, d. Dec. 25, 1885

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3- Fannie Williams b. May 29, 1863,
4. Francis Herbert b. Nov. 12, 1868,

1. Agnes Maria, the oldest daughter of Edward and
Sarah Chester McLean, graduated at the High School,
Oakland, also at the "School of Expression," Boston,
Mass. She has followed the profession of teaching for
several years. Is now teacher of Elocution and Gym-
nastics in the State Normal School, Baltimore, Md. She
established and conducted a prosperous mission Sunday
school there for a number of years.

2. Edward C. the oldest son of Edward and Sarah
Chester McLean, was a quiet boy, remarkably fond of
reading and study. . He aided his father upon the farm in
Passadena.

3. Fannie W., the second daughter of Edward and
Sarah Chester McLean, was a delicate child and for
many years a source of much anxiety to her parents. She
graduated at the Oakland High School, also the Univer-
sity of Cal. Berkeley, in 1885. Was teacher in the Berke-
ley High School several yeaftrs, then was engaged in the
Settlement work at Rivington street, New York, and at
Phil., Pa. Is now first assistant in English in the High
School, Berkeley.

4. Francis H., the youngest son of Edward and Sa-
rah Chester McLean, graduated at the Los Angeles
High School, also the University of Cal. in 1892. After-
ward took post-graduate work at Johns Hopkins Insti-
tute, Baltimore, Md. and Columbia University, N. Y.
Was engaged in the journalistic business, then became
Secretary of Associated Charities in New York, for a
time, afterward held the same position in Montreal, Can-
ada. Is now engaged in the same work in Chicago, 111.
He m. May 16, 1901, Julia Bruson of Brooklyn, N. Y.

VIII. RoxEY, the oldest daughter of Col. Francis and

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vSarah Childs McLean, was but fifteen years of age at the
death of her mother, and was left with the immediate care
of the five younger children, a trust which she executed
conscientiously and well. She graduated at the Vernon
Academy and Wesley an Academy at Wilbraham, Mass.

Sne was a superior woman, of unusual native energy of
character, a worthy helpmeet of her husband, aiding him
greatly to gain a high position in the medical profession.
She was a faithful mother, an excellent nurse, a devoted
Christian, delighting in the ministrations of the church
and Sunday school, and laboring in the temperance and
missionary societies.

She has heard the welcome plaudit, "Well done good
and faithful servant," and has entered into her rest.

She m. Sept. 28, 1840, Francis Lemuel Dickinson, M.
D., b. Jan. 29, 1817, d. June 2, 1897. The Dr. fitted for
college at Bacon Academy, Colchester and graduated at
Yale Medical College in 1840. They lived in Willington,
Conn, from '41 to '63, when they removed to Rockville.

He was a man of great dignity of character, of sound
judgment, of decided conservative opinions, sympathetic
in the sick room and a skilful physician. He represented
Willington in the State Legislature in 1850 and 1857.
Was elected State Senator from Rockville district in
1877, 1878 and 1879.

children:

1. Francis Palmer b. Aug. 16, 1841,

2. Amasa Palmer b. Feb. 4, 1844,

3. Sarah Eliza b. Oct. 4, 1849, d. Feb. 6, 1854

4. Arthur Talcott b. July 23, 1855,

1. Francis P., the oldest son of Roxey M. and Fran-
cis L. Dickinson, served as commissary in the civil war,
'61-65. Lived for several years in Tolland, Conn., is
now in Springfield, Mass.

M. April 8, 1866, Lucy C. Noyes of Bloomfield, 111. b.
Aug. 16, 1849.

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children:

1. James Edward b. May 16, 18G7, d. Nov. 18, 1873

2. Charlse Arthur b. Jan. 81, 186U,
'S. Emma May b. May 27, 1870,

4. Eliza Mary b. April 7, 187-J,

5. Harriet Sophia b. Sept. 1873, d. May 1,1893
(). Sarah lone b. May 4, lS7r),

7. Grace Ellen b. July 14, 1877,

8. Francis Noyes b. June 23, 1876, d. Sept. 2,1876

9. Howard Churchill b. Nov. 15, 1878,

10. Henry Eugene b. July 25, 1880,

11. Maud Roxana b. Jan. 30, 1888,

12. Allen McLean b. Oct. 6, 1889,

2' Charles Arthur, m. Nov. 7, 1878, Alethea Isadore
Tracy, b. Sept. 3. 1867. Children— 1" Arthur Walcott,
b. Mar. 4, 1889, d. Oct. 13, 1889. 2" Daisy Tracy, b.
Jan. 31, 1902. 3' Emma May, m. Apr. 26, 1895, Fred-
erick Baker, Child— 1" Alma Vivian, b. May 29, 1901,
Springfield, Mass. 4'Eliza M. m. Apr. 22, 1900, Edward
Eddy. Son— I" Kenneth Edward, b. Aug. 6, 1902, Rock-
ville, Conn. 6' Sarah lone, m. Apr. 8, 1895, Albert Smith,
Springfield, Mass. 7' Grace E., m. May 22, 1895, Walter
M. Stebbins. One child— 1" Elsie Grace, b. Jan. 4, 1896,
Wales, Mass. 9' Howard C. , m. Apr. 17, 1901, Agnes
Eddy, Tolland, Conn. 10' Henry Eugene, m. Aug. 17,
1898, Teresa Watson. Child— 1" Everett Carlton, b.
March 4, 1901.

2. A. Palmer, second son of Roxey M. and Francis
L. Dickinson , has held the position of Sheriff of the city
of Rockville and Tolland Co. for a number of years.
M. Aug. 8,1872, Anna F. Sill, b. Mar. 15, 1847.

children:
V George Edward b. Feb. 16, 1874,
2' Ella Sill b. Oct. 16, 1875,

3' Francis McLean b. Dec. 27, 1877,
4' Ernest Hyde b- Sept. 1879, d. July 2, 1881

5' Ray Palmer b. June 12, 1883, d. Nov. 22, 1883

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1' George E. is in the government employ in Rockville.
M. Nov. 0, 1901, Anna Katherine Lentzen, b. Oct. 8, 1877.
2' Ella S., graduated from the Rockville High School
and Mt. Holyoke College. Remained at the latter four
years as assistant Registrar. Is now connected with the
National Cathedral School, Washington, D. C. 3' Fran-
cis McLean, graduated at the Rockville High School,
also from the Yale Scientific School, New Haven, in 1900.
Is now in the Medical Department, Columbia University,
New York. 4. Arthur Talcott, third son of Roxey M.
and Francis L. Dickinson, has been for many years a
well-known electrician in Rockville and vicinity. He was
loyally devoted to his aged mother till the end came.
M. Sept. 5, 1893, Belle Hodge. Child— 1' Bernice Mae,
b. May 1, 1895.

IX. Sarah, the second dau. of Col. Francis and Sarah
Childs McLean, was an unusually gifted woman, and a
superior scholar both in the Home Academy, Wilbra-
ham and Mt. Holyoke Seminary. She fitted herself for
a teacher, a profession which she followed with marked
success. She was quiet, unobtrusive, lady-like in man-
ner, of commanding figure and presence, and influential
wherever she moved — always finding work to do for the
Master. She had charge of a private school at Willing-
ton, also one at Danviile, Ky., for several years. She
m. May 27, 1857, James Bannister Maynard of Rock-
ville, b. Jan. 11, 1814, d. Sept. 11, 1884.

children:

1. James Edward b. Jan. 31, I860,

2. Elizabeth McLean b. Nov. 30, 1865,

1. James E. is a quiet, studious, industrious man and
an exemplary Christian. For a number of years he has
held a position of trust with the Springville, a large manu-
facturing establishment in Rockville.

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2. Elizabeth M. graduated at the Rockford High
School and taught in the pubhc schools of that place for
a number of j-ears. In 1898 she entered the Normal
School at Los Angeles, Cal., and graduated from the
Kindergarten department, with distinction, in 1900. She
has since taught in kindergarten schools in Santa Ana
and Los Angeles. She is an affectionate, large-hearted,
vivacious Christian woman, filling well her sphere in life,
in church, home, society and school.

X. Harriet, the third dau. of Col. Francis and Sarah
Childs McLean, was educated at Vernon Academy and
Mt. Holyoke Seminary. She was a very attractive young
lady, a fine musician and a very devout Christian. She
delighted in her Sunday School class and in all church
and missionar)^ work. Having a leading soprano voice
she loved to use it in the service of her Master in the
church choirs of Vernon and Talcottville. "I would not
live alway." M. May 7, 185], Dea. Charles Denison
Talcott, b. Sept. 11, 1823, d. July 17, 1882, He was
one of the firm of "Taclott Bros." who carried on the
manufacture of satinet at Talcottville with Vv'onderful suc-
cess, in time owning all the landed property in the vil-
lage, building a fine brick church, school-house, athen-
eum, etc, making it a model manufacturing village.

XI. Maria, fourth dau. of Col. Francis and Sarah
Childs McLean, when an infant, met with an accident
which rendered her lame for life. She was a brilliant
girl, of a loving, confiding disposition. She possessed a
wonderful voice, and diligentl}' studied music, and after-
ward taught the piano and singing in Vernon and Rock-
ville. In 1852 she taught in a sem. at Easton, Pa. In
Sept. 1851 she went to Logansport, Ind. "I know that
my Redeemer liveth."

XII. Mary, the fifth dau. of Col, Francis and Sarah
Childs McLean, was educated at Vernon Academy and

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Mt. Holyoke Sem., graduating in 1852. After two years
of teaching, she returned home and remained with her
father till his death in 1861. In 1865 she was at the
head of the Latin department in Western Sem. Oxford,
O. In 1866 she established a Young Ladies' Sem. at
Des Moines, la. and conducted it successfully for two
years. In 1868 she went to Cal. where she has ever
since resided. She m. Dec. 22, 1860, Hon. Jacob Hardy of"
Oakland, Cal. b. Dec. 5, 1827. Child—

1. Sarah McLean, b. Oct. 12, 1870, graduated from
the Oakland High School in '88 and from the University
of Cal. '93, with distinction. After two years of gradu-
ate work in the University of Chicago she received an
appointment as Instructor in Economics in Wellesley
College, Mass. M. Apr. 20, '96, Warren Gregory, a law-
yer of San Francisco, b. Sept. 30, '64.

children:
1' Donald Munson b. Jan- 21, 1897
2' Elizabeth McLean b. Apr 28, 1901

XIII. John Hall, the youngest son of Col. Francis
and Sarah Childs McLean, joined his brother Edward in
Cal. in 1854. Is now a contractor in San Francisco. He
is a warm-hearted man — strongly attached to his relatives
and friends and ever ready to help the needy.

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FAMILY OF REV. ALLEN McLEAN

SIMSBURY, CONN.

E. Rev. Allen McLean, the fifth child of Capt. Alex-
ander and Johannah Smith McLean, was born at the
Wheaton Place, North Bolton. "Until I commenced my
eighteenth year," he says, "my education was no more
than could be called common." He was past sixteen
years of age when religion became a matter of personal
concern with him. During a great revival in Vernon he
heard a sermon, the closing words of which made a pow-
erful impression upon him, "Whosoever shall fall upon
this stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall
fall, it will grind him to powder." After a long struggle
and distress of mind, peace came at length, and from that
time his heart was set upon the work of the Christian
ministry. He prepared for college under Rev. Charles Back-
us of Somers, and entered Yale College in 1801. As there
were no railroads or stage-coaches in those days, a team
was sent from home each term to carry the two young
collegians, Allen McLean and Francis King, to the
scene of their studies in New Haven. He graduated in
1805. Studied divinity with Dr. Dwight and Rev. Asahel
Hooker of Goshen. Was ordained pastor of the church
in Simsbury in 1809, where he remained until his death.
The salary offered was $450 a year. The remark of a
neighboring venerable clergyman that "perhaps it was
all that Christ could give" decided its acceptance. A
good farm aided in the care of his family.

His religious belief was the generally accepted New
England theology of the day. He regarded the Assembly
Catechism as a summary ol the essential truths of the

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Bible, and as "nearer perfection than any other human
production." Quite late in life he said he had ''never
changed his creed as he believed it to be in accordance
with the Scriptures." His life was very uneventful ex-
cept for his tremendous interest in religious things which
kept him always in a state of more or less mental excite-
ment, and the occasional revivals of interest among his
people must have stirred his soul to its very depths.
It could be said of him that he ' ' watched for souls as
they that must give account," "ceasing not to warn every
one night and day and with tears." His anxieties and
labors seem never to have relaxed while he lived, except
as the infimities of old age caused him to desist. When
about sixty years of age his sight began to fail, and, when
nearly seventy the blindness suddenly became total.
Strength was given him to endure this infliction with
patience and much cheerfulness, and during the long
twelve years that followed he exhibited a character wor-
thy of admiration. He often preached in his own and
his son's pulpit, and always to edification. It was a
touching sight to see the venerable pastor stand, hymn-
book in hand, and repeat verse after verse of his favorite
hymns. One of his best-loved tunes was good old Lenox,
to the words, "Blow ye the trumpet blow," etc.

He prepared and dictated several manuscript volumes
of reminiscence, farewell and reflection. When a colle-
gian was chosen in 1850 he declined longer to receive his
salary. The church voted to give him $1<>0 yearly as long
as he lived.

Toward the close of his twelve years of blindness came
the 5Uth anniversary of his settlement in Simsbury, and
with much thought and deep feehng he prepared a long
sermon for that occasion, which was read to a large au-
dience by his son. Rev. Charles Backus McLean. It made
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great love and sympathy for the aged pastor. After this
he lived two and a half years, passing to his reward
March 19, 1801.

Hem. (1) Jan. 21, 1810, Sally, dau. of Daniel Pratt
of East Hartford, b. July 27, 1781. In her later youth
and up to the time of her marriage she was a member of
the family of her aunt, Mrs. Ebenezer Kellogg of Vernon.
She was admirably fitted to be his wife, and the relation
was a very happy one. To the day of his death he used
to speak of "my wife that's in the grave" with great
tenderness and even reverence. She died Oct. 27, 1831,
greatly esteemed by all who knew her.

children:

I. Allen Neal b. Mar. 18, 1811, d. vSept. 30, 1843

ri. Lloyd b. Jan. 27. 1813, d. June 7, 1879

III. Charles Backus b. Ang. 23, 1815, d. Oct. 29, 1873
lY. Sarah Olmstead b. Aug. 23, 1817,

V. Dudley Bestor b. Feb. 12, 1821, d. Dec. 29, 1894

I. Allkn Neal, m. Emmeline Barber of Simsbury
who d. in Elizabeth, N. J. June 11, 1886.

children:

1. Allen b. Nov. 17, 1837, d. Apr. 21, 1882

2. Calvin Barber b. Aug. 21, 1839, d. Jan. 12, 1905

3. Thomas Neal b. Feb. 17, 1813,

1. Rkv. Allen, the eldest son of Allen Neal and Em-
meline McLean, graduated at Yale College in 1865, and
from the Theological Sem. 1868. Was Pastor of a Con-
gregational Ch. in East Orange, N. J. for six years. M.
(1) Dec. 1, 1869, Anna Belden, dau. of Horace Belden of
Simsbury, Conn., who d. Apr. 27, 1875, in the South of
France. child

1' Anna Genevieve, b. June 11, 1872.

In Nov. 1875 Mr. McLean became acting pastor of the
Cong'l Ch. in Litchfield, Conn., where he remained till

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the winter of 1881, when he was compelled by failing

health to seek a more favorable climate in Florida where

he died.

M. (2) June 1,3, 1878, Fannie Maria Coit, dau. of Henry

Coit of Litchfield.

children:

2- Allen b. July 14, 1879

3' Henry Coit b. Nov. 15, 1881

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2. Rkv. Calvin Barber, the second son of Allen Neal
and Emmeline B. McLean, was first a successful teacher,
afterward an insurance agent, then a minister and pas-
tor of several churches. In 1889 was clerk in the Gen-
eral Office of the Penn. R. R., Philadelphia. In 1902 he
was pastor of a Congl. Ch. in Danbury, then bought a
farm in Cobalt.

M. Aug. 30, 1865, Caroline Frances Dayton, dau. of
Francis H. and Caroline (Erning) Dayton of Hartford.

children:
1' Mary Lucia Ethelwynne b. June 7, 1866

2. Allen Francis b. Apr. 2, 1873

3. Gillean Edith b. June 5, 1882

1' Mary L. E., a graduate of the Woman's Medical
College, Phil., is now a practising physician at Manila,
P. I.

2. Allen Francis, the second child of Calvin B. and
Caroline F. McLean, enlisted for service in Cuba at the
outbreak of the Spanish war. Served one year there and
two in the Phillipines, having participated in over forty
battles and skirmishes. In 1902 was stationed at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, as Sergeant of Troop D., ith U. S.
Cavalry, expecting to be commissioned Second Lieu-
tenant. M. Jan. 11, 1905, Maria Mueller of Havana,
Cuba. Now at Chicamauga, Tenn.

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3. Dr. Thomas Neal, third son of Allen Neal and
Erameline Barber McLean, is a graduate of the Medical
College, New Haven. He has been settled for a number
of years in Elizabeth, N. J. , where he has a large practice.
M. Oct. 13, 1875, Sarah Elizabeth Bayliss, dau. of John
Bayliss of New York City.

children:

1' Ethel b. Sept. 3, 1878,

2' Bessie b. May 30, 1880,

III. Rev. Charles Backus, third son of Rev. Allen
and Sally Pratt McLean, was an amiable, gentle, studious
boy. He graduated at Yale with honor in 183^. Was
ordained pastor of the Congl. Ch. in Collinsville, Feb. 7,
1844. His pastorate was a long one of over 22 years, and
an unusually happy one. He was an earnest, impressive,
winning preacher. Failure of health in May 18G6 brought
his ministry to a close. In 1870 he visited California,
accompanied by his wife, hoping to be benefitted by a
change of climate. On his return he lived at the home of
his wife in Wethersfield till the release came. "His
record is on high." He m. July 9, 1845, Mary Dyer,
dau. of John and Mary Dyer Williams of Wethersfield,
b. Feb. 10, 1822. She was a woman of fine physique, of
superior mind and great moral excellence of character.
She was peculiarly fitted to be the wife of a pastor and
aided greatly in making his pastorate successful. She
was a beloved daughter of her father McLean who en-
joyed her gentle ministrations and expressed sympathies,
especially after his great affliction came upon him. He
was never happier than in the home of his son at Col-
linsville where both inmates cheered his lonely heart and
brightened his hopes of the Eternal.

She still cheers by her presence the friends in her
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work, but is quite loth to have it known. She is never
idle, but yet is quietly waiting for the Master's call to
' 'come up higher." May the day be far distant !

IV. Sarah Olmstead, the fourth child and only daugh-
ter of Rev. Allen and Sally Pratt McLean, received au
excellent education, and for a time taught a private
school of young ladies in her father's house. She is a
woman of much refinement and nobility of character, and
given to benevolence. She has substantially aided many
of her relatives who are less favored by fortune than her-
self. She was her father's amanuensis in the preparation
of his manuscript volumes. She has always been strongly
attached to her childhood's home at Simsbuiy, and gen-
erally spends her summers there, while in the winter she
lives at her home in New York City. Of her father's
immediate famil)' she alone survives in her 88th year.

M. (1) Sept. 5, 1839, Elisha Peck, a merchant in Hart-
ford, afterward in New York, who died Jan. 18, 1863.
Son— 1. Charles McLean Peck, b. Aug. 16. 1841, d. Oct.
0. 1892. He was an insurance agent in New York City.
M. April, 1861, Lucy Hastings Eaton who d. Apr. '^V',
1896. Son— r Herman McLean Peck, b. Sept. 18, 1866.
d. June 20, 190-4. He was for a time in business with his
father. Was in poor health for a number of years, iv.
Mrs. Sarah O. m. (2) April 20, 1869, Charles Abernethy,
a merchant in New York City who d. March 29, 1878.

V. Dudley Bestor, the youngest child of Rev. Allen
and Sally Pratt McLean, lived with his father and carried
on the farm in Simsbury. He was a warm-hearted, ge-
nial man, kind in all the relations of life and an excellent
Christian. He cared affectionately for his aged father in
his last years. M. Sept. 16, 1846, Mary, dau. of Solo-
mon and Hannah (Bishop) Payne of Canterbury, b.
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training her children in the fear of the Lord. She is now
living with her son George in Simsbury.

children:

1. Hannah Bishcp b. Jan. 17, 1848,

2. Charles Allen b. Oct. 12, 18' 0, d. June 11, 1889
n. John Bunyan b. Dec. 17, 1852,

4. Sally Pratt b. July 3, 1855,

5. George Payne b. Oct. 7, 1857,

1. Hannah Bishop received an excellent education,
graduating at Mt. Holyoke Sem., So. Hadley, Mass., in
18G7 For several years she was a successful teacher.
She is now living in Cambridge where her two younger
children are at school. M. in 1880, Wm. H. Greeley
of Lexington, Mass., who died in 1889. Children — '
Roger, b. May 12, 1881; 2' Dorothea, b. Nov. 17, 1882;
a' Hugh Payne, b. Mar. 5, 1884. 1' Roger, the eldest
child, has fitted himself for the profession of architect

2. Charles Allen, second child af Dudley B. and
Mary P. McLean, was a surveyor and civil engineer by
profession, also a skillful farmer and house-builder. He
was a devout, active Christian. M. Oct. 13, 1871, Har-
riet Woo<lford of Avon.

children:
1' Lorna Woodford b. Jan. 21, 1855,
2' Mary Payne b. Nov. 5, 1887,

1' Lorna Woodford is now a student at Wellesley
College, Mass.

2' Mary Payne is a member of the High School, Cam-
bridge, Mass.

3. Rev. John Bunyan, the third child of Dudley B.
and Mary P. McLean, graduated at College and Theo-
logical Sem. He is a licensed preacher of the Congl.
denomination. For several years, he was at the head of
the "McLean Sem." Simsbury, He is now teaching io

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an Episcopal Boys' School of a high order in the same
place. He is a man of Stirling worth, possessing a fine
mind and a high moral character. He m. (1) Ida Still-
man of Hartford. M. (2) Caroline Stillman, her sister.
Both died a short time after marriage. M. (3) Ella Bot-
tume. children:

1' Margarite Eliza b. Aug. 21, 1890,
2' Marian Kathleen b. Oct. 29, 1892,
3' Allen Charles b. Oct. 2(3, 1898,

4. Sally Pratt, the second dau. of Dudley B. and
Mary P. McEean, attended Mt. Hblyoke Sem. in 1874.
Is a well known writer of the popular fiction of the day,
author of "Cape Cod Folks," "Towhead," "East Chance
Junction," etc. Residence, Boston. M. in 1887 Frank-
lin Greene of Ohio, who died in. 1889.

children:

J°^" H"/t I Twins— lived but two months.

Dudley McLean )

5. George Payne, fifth child of Dudley B. and Mary
P. McEean, studied law and practised in Hartford. Was
for two years representative from Simsbury in the Legis-
lature, and afterward Senator from his District. Was
elected Governor of Conn, in 1900, and served success-
fully and creditably for two years. Ill health prevented
his re-election in 1902.

He is a brilliant man, a ready speaker and a keen poli-
tician. He possesses marked executive ability and is a
statesman of high order. He was honored by the confer-
ring of the degree of M. A. by Yale College at the Com-
mencement exercises in 1904. Res. Simsbury.

E. Rev. Allen McEean m. (2) Jan. 18, 1833, Nancy,
dau. of Eot and Keziah Morgan of Plainfield, b. Jan. 25,
1795. In her days of health she was very energetic and
eflScient. Her husband bears ample testimony to her
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sympathy and untiring labors in sickness, and her devo-
tion to the interests of his children, especially during
their youth when they most needed a mother's watchful-
ness and care. She suffered much in her later years from
nervous disorders which finally terminated her life, Sept.

22, 1860.

F. Mary, the sixth child of Capt. Alexander and Jo-
hannah Smith McLean, was born in North Bolton. "She
was tall and well developed in figure and of a good dis-
position." She attended the excellent school of Abner
Reed in Hartford for several years, and there contracted
consumption, from which she died.

G. RoSANNAH, the seventh and youngest child of Capt.
Alexander and Johannah Smith McLean, was quite the
opposite of her tall, vigorous sister Mary in physique.
She was lively and social in her nature and of an affec-
tionate disposition. She was also a member of Abner
Reed's school in Hartford, and among other accomplish-
ments learned water-colored painting. After the death of
Mary in 1805 and her father in 1806, she painted a mourn-
ing piece in memory of the departed. She also painted
the coat-of-arms of her mother's family "By the name of
Smith." Both pictures are still preserved. She died of
consumption in 1809.

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